MILWAUKEE (WI)
CBS 58
[with video]
by Laura Rodriguez
Story Created: Jul 2, 2013
MILWAUKEE– Moments after the Archdiocese of Milwaukee released its history of clergy sexual abuse, the attention seemed to zero in on the former archbishop rather than the current archbishop.
“That’s the big picture about Cardinal Dolan, but today it’s about that letter. That in our opinion is a smoking gun,” said Peter Isely, SNAP Midwest Director.
According to the documents released on the archdiocese website, in 2007, Archbishop Dolan letter sent a letter to the Vatican to request the transfer of about $57 million from a cemetery fund into a trust.
“To protect the fund is due diligence, in terms of leadership, to make sure that that is established the way it is,” said Archbishop Listecki.
In the letter, Dolan writes: “I foresee improved protection from any legal claim.”
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