MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 17, 2018
By Annysa Johnson
More Catholic priests with ties to Wisconsin will be among those identified Monday in an ongoing effort by the Jesuit religious order to make public the names of priests and brothers with credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults.
Monday’s announcement by the Society of Jesus’ USA Midwest Province follows the release of more than 150 names by the west and south-central provinces Dec. 7. Eight of those individuals had ties to Wisconsin, including five who had worked at Marquette University or Marquette University High School in Milwaukee.
Monday’s list also is expected to include two additional Chicago priests supervised by former Marquette University President Robert Wild, who pulled his name from a new $108 million residence hall this fall, saying he mishandled allegations against three priests when he led that province from 1985 to 1991.
The Jesuits are the latest Catholic institution to divulge the names of known or suspected offenders in the wake of an August report by a Pennsylvania grand jury, which identified more than 300 abusive priests believed to have molested at least 1,000 children and prompted at least a dozen criminal investigations of church activities across the country.
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