Milwaukee Archdiocese Hopes to Close Chapter on Abuse

By Tom Corrigan
Wall Street Journal
November 6, 2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/milwaukee-archdiocese-hopes-to-close-chapter-on-abuse-1446845791

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday will ask a federal judge to approve its $21 million clergy sexual abuse settlement and to exit bankruptcy after nearly five years of legal battles.

Though U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley’s signature is expected to formally resolve the archdiocese’s chapter 11 case, few expect the pain and anger felt by abuse victims, and throughout the church, to vanish. The archdiocese has been accused of...

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