MILWAUKEE (WI)
WTMJ
By Jay Sorgi
CREATED Apr. 4, 2013
MILWAUKEE – A spokesman for the Milwaukee Archdiocese told Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s Gene Mueller the reasons why it released thousands of pages of records about sex abuse cases involving members of the clergy.
“This, the Archbishop thought, is a way to say ‘Let’s give the complete picture. Let’s open up these files and documents and let people judge for themselves,” said Milwaukee Archdiocese Chief of Staff Jerry Topczewski on Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s “Wisconsin’s Morning News.”
“People are wondering, ‘What else don’t we know?’ I think this will give people the assurance that this is it. These are the stories.”
He told Gene that the stories are upsetting, but that the church worked proactively to help heal victims.
“Who wouldn’t be upset when you learn of some innocent child being harmed by someone who should have had the trust of the child, the family, the parishioners in the pew?” said Topczewski.
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