MILWAUKEE (WI)
PBS Newshour
[with video]
Transcript
GWEN IFILL: Now: new documents that show a history of sexual abuse problems in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Ray Suarez has the story.
RAY SUAREZ: Many of the cases go back decades, and most of the 6,000 pages of documents were released publicly for the first time yesterday. The records show pedophile priests were moved from parish to parish, often protected from criminal complaints.
The documents also contain files on more than 40 priests either dismissed or restricted, including the late Father Lawrence Murphy, believed to have molested as many as two hundred deaf boys. The documents also shine a light on New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan, formerly the archbishop of Milwaukee. Documents show he asked for the Vatican’s approval in 2007 to move nearly $57 million dollars off the diocesan books into a cemetery fund to protect church assets.
Dolan denies the claims as long discredited.
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