MILWAUKEE (WI)
WBAY
[with video]
[the documents – Jeff Anderson & Associates]
[the documents – Milwaukee archdiocese]
By Tony Ullrich
Milwaukee –
The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee released thousands of pages of documents Monday, publicly revealing how it handled sexual abuse allegations.
It released the documents — 40,000 pages spanning several decades — as part of a deal between the archdiocese and sex abuse victims who are suing it for fraud.
The archdiocese admits the items in the documents reveal “terrible things that happened to children” and it was ill-equipped to respond to the offenders and victims and their families.
The documents include depositions of church leaders and priests’ personnel files.
A Minnesota attorney representing some of the 575 sexual abuse survivors held a news conference Monday calling the revelations “shocking and sickening.”
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