UNITED STATES
Irish Central
[minutes of the Milwaukee archdiocesan finance council]
By
JAMES O’SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Monday, June 4, 2012
Timothy Cardinal Dolan has blasted The New York Times for claiming that he gave payments to pedophile priests when he was Bishop of Milwaukee.
The Times revealed that documents recently released showed that the diocese agreed to pay accused priests $20,000 each to facilitate them leaving the priesthood.
“The New York Times does not have a reputation for fair and accurate reporting when it comes to this issue,” Dolan said yesterday after Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. “So, to respond to charges like that — that are groundless and scurrilous — in my book it’s useless and counterproductive.”
Joseph Zwilling, New York Archdiocese spokesman,had told The New York Post last week that there was no “payoff” to pedophile priests — only “charity.”
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