Milwaukee Archdiocese Releases Details in Clergy Sex Cases

By Rose French
Star Tribune
July 1, 2013

http://www.startribune.com/local/213927461.html

[the documents - Jeff Anderson & Associates]

[the documents - Milwaukee archdiocese]

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday released 6,000 pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse, including the personnel files of more than three dozen priests and the depositions of church leaders such as New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, former Milwaukee archbishop.

The documents were made public as part of a deal reached in federal bankruptcy court between the archdiocese and the hundreds of victims suing it for fraud — a majority of whom are represented by prominent St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson.

During a news conference held at Anderson’s law offices Monday, he stood in front of the reams of church documents and accused bishops and Vatican leaders of refusing to respond quickly enough in addressing reported abuse. Victims accuse the archdiocese of transferring problem priests to new churches without warning parishioners and of covering up priests’ crimes for decades.