MILWAUKEE (WI)
Wisconsin Public Radio
December 18, 2018
By Ximena Conde
At least eight Wisconsin priests and one brother are among more than 60 alleged abusers named Monday on a list by the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus.
The list is not a legal judgment but bears the names of people where the province deemed there was “reasonable certainty” abuse of a minor had taken place.
The Midwest Province is the fourth in the country to release such a list of names. The names are for investigations run by the province that have ended across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
A person can see by each name if there were single or multiple allegations against the priest and when the alleged abuse occurred.
Places where Wisconsin priests were accused include Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Marquette University High School in Milwaukee and St. Eugene Parish in Fox Point.
The Rev. Glenn Chun helped publish the information, which was put together from “established allegations” submitted to the province. He said the hope in publishing the names is to help past victims in the healing process.
“As well as to help those (who) may have not reported abuse, to help them to be ready to report what has occurred to them,” Chun said, adding that the plan is to keep the list up to date as ongoing investigations close.
Chun said the province has heard the public’s demands to release assignment records of these priests suspected of abuse, and officials are working on compiling those records with a plan to make them public.
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