WISCONSIN
Patch
By Jim Price
In a pastoral letter now published in his blog on the Archdiocese of Milwaukee website, Archbishop Jerome Listecki says that while the church followed “the letter of the law” in allowing Father Robert Marsicek to retain his priestly duties in Wauwatosa while he was being investigated in California, it might not have followed “the spirit of the law,” in light of the church’s pledge to keep children safe.
The contrite missive, titled “Child Abuse Awareness,” begins by noting that this is Child Abuse Awareness month and this week is Safe Environment Week in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and his celebration of a Mass of Atonement at St. John Vianney Parish in Brookfield for the victims of clergy sexual abuse, as well for “the community that carries the pain” associated with it.
Listecki outlines steps the Catholic Church has taken over the past decade in training of its staff, education of its flock, and outreach to the community, restoring trust and credibility to an institution “badly broken” by its response to past allegations of abuse.
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