WISCONSIN
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015
For more information: David Clohessy 314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com, Peter Isely 414 429 7250, peterisely@yahoo.com
Two Milwaukee predators are exposed
Both admitted molesting kids in other states
Neither have ever been “outed” in Wisconsin before
One, an ex-seminarian, now faces pending criminal charges
SNAP: “Catholic officials should spread the word about them”
Two admitted child molesting Catholic clerics who spent time in Milwaukee are being publicly exposed as predators by a victims’ group. It’s urging local Catholic officials to help prosecutors convict one of them.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are warning the public about Kevin Sloniker, an ex-seminarian who was arrested weeks ago in Menomonie for sexually abusing children and Fr. Eric Middlecamp who Catholic officials acknowledge molested kids and worked in Milwaukee.
Sloniker told police he sexually assaulted nine boys in recent years and Fr. Middlecamp told his church supervisors he’d committed child sex crimes.
In 2005, Sloniker was kicked out of a Winona MN seminary after reportedly trying to circumcise himself. Still, he later became a Catholic youth counselor in Idaho.
From 1995 to 2011, Fr. Middlecamp worked at the Salvatorian headquarters at 1735 Hi-Mount Blvd. and lived with other clerics at a place called “Jordan House” (3800 N. 92nd St., 414-463-7570).
In the 1990s, he was accused of sexually abusing boys and girls in the late 1950s through 1970s. When he admitted his crimes, his Catholic supervisors reportedly moved him to Milwaukee.
According to the Official Catholic Directory, Fr. Middlecamp spent much of his career in Wisconsin (including nearly 20 years, in several stints, New Holstein WI in St Nazianz WI at a seminary). He also worked in Washington DC, Sioux City IA, Oakland CA and Phoenix AZ.
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