MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Patrick Simonaitis of the Journal Sentinel July 1, 2013
Leaders of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and several victims of sexual abuse by priests responded Monday to the release of thousands of pages of documents relating to years of sexual abuse released by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee earlier today.
“This is a day of validation for hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of victims of child sexual abuse,” said Peter Isely, the Midwest director of SNAP, said at an afternoon news conference outside of the federal courthouse. “Today is mostly a day of sadness and grief, but it has to turn into a day of accountability and responsibility.”
Isely said the group is sending a letter to federal prosecutors to bring fraud charges against former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan for his role in transferring funds from the Archdiocese into a cemetery trust fund that would be protected against liability in the Archdiocese’s bankruptcy case.
“In order to solve cases of state fraud, these priests committed federal fraud,” Isely said. “It’s long overdue that there is a federal investigation into this Archdiocese and how they have concealed and moved not only predator priests, but all the money also.”
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