MILWAUKEE (WI)
WTMJ
By Jay Sorgi
MILWAUKEE – The chief of staff of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says bankruptcy proceedings are putting Milwaukee’s Catholic Church in a ‘dire situation.’
However, Jerry Topczewski told Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s “Wisconsin’s Morning News” that “The Church isn’t going out of business by any means.”
The Journal Sentinel reports that the Archdiocese filed court documents showing that it’s losing so much money on legal fees that, under current legal demands, it will no longer be able to pay its regular operational expenses after Easter Sunday.
It’s asking Federal Judge Susan Kelley to let them stop making payments to lawyers except for reorganization.
“It’s a dire situation in the sense that the Archdiocese does not have a lot of resources. A lot of people think the Church is rich. Financially, the Archdiocese runs on a very small, balanced budget,” explained Topczewski.
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