Clergy Sexual Assault Survivors to Hold Memorial Vigil outside of Archbishop Listecki’s “mass of Atonement”

SNAP Wisconsin
April 7, 2014

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Clergy sexual assault survivors to hold memorial vigil outside of Archbishop Listecki’s “Mass of Atonement”

Survivors say that Listecki’s bankruptcy reorganization plan is “profoundly unrepentant” for criminal acts and cover ups and “no act of atonement”

WHAT

Victim/survivors of childhood rape, sexual assault, and abuse by clergy of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will hold a memorial vigil for suicide victims of predator priests outside of Lumen Christi Catholic Church where Archbishop Jerome Listecki will be conducting a “Mass of Atonement” for clergy sexual abuse. After displaying childhood photos and candles in the makeshift memorial, survivors will discuss how Listecki’s recent plan filed in federal bankruptcy court is a clear sign that he and the archdiocese is “unrepentant” for its decades long history of criminal acts against children and cover-ups. Listecki’s plan calls for paying a handful of church and creditors lawyers in excess of $12.5 million dollars, compensate all survivors as a group with only $4 million dollars, while excluding 80 percent of the 575 victims who filed cases. The plan also would keep secret over 100 yet to be identified clergy and ministers who are alleged to have assaulted children in the archdiocese over the past 50 years.

WHERE

Outside of Lumen Christi Catholic Church, 2700 W. Mequon Road, Mequon

WHEN

Tuesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. Remarks by victims will be at 6:45 p.m. Mass of Atonement will begin at 7:00 p.m.

CONTACT

Peter Isely, SNAP Midwest Director, 414.429.7259

John Pilmaier, 414.336.8575

Mike Sneesby, SNAP Milwaukee Director, 414.915.4374