CHICAGO (IL)
WLS
August 28, 2018
By Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner and Barb Markoff
In a wide-ranging interview on Monday afternoon, Cardinal Blase Cupich repeatedly said he hopes authorities focus on the victims of all abuse — not just one sector — and not just priests. Cardinal Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, discussed a new church crisis with Eyewitness News investigative reporter Chuck Goudie.
The I-Team last week broke the news that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan was convening a new investigation of how the Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese has handled priest sex investigations. This comes in the wake of a Pennsylvania grand jury report that revealed at least seven accused predator-priests with links to Illinois were among 300 clergymen called out by authorities.
Cardinal Cupich says archdiocesan officials “fully support” and are “cooperating fully” with Madigan’s inquiry.
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