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	New York Archbishop May Face Deposition on Milwaukee Funds By Mosi Secret New York Times February 14, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/nyregion/14dolan.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=7d4db5abQ2FQ51Q5CQ2AuQ51zjZAQ27jj5BQ51BEKKQ51EBQ51K!Q51NpQ27Q2AdDjNQ51K!zj)hNQ3Dv5T) A lawyer for victims of sexual abuse by priests says he plans to seek depositions from Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan and other church officials over the lawyer's accusations that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, while Archbishop Dolan was its leader, moved $130 million off its books to avoid paying abuse claims. The lawyer, Jeffrey R. Anderson, who represents clients in 23 lawsuits against the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said $75 million disappeared from the church's investments in 2005. He said that $55 million more that had previously been unaccounted for appeared in a cemetery trust in 2008, and that the archdiocese claimed that money in that fund was protected by state law and could not be used for payouts. In an interview on Sunday, Mr. Anderson said that the first transfer coincided with a 2005 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that allowed abuse lawsuits to proceed despite a statute of limitations. He said the second transfer occurred around the time of a similar ruling in 2007. Archbishop Dolan led the Archdiocese of Milwaukee from 2002 to 2009, when he was chosen to lead the Archdiocese of New York.
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