MILWAUKEE (WI)
SNAP Wisconsin
Major court victory for victim/survivors: Milwaukee Archdiocese will release half its priest offender files July 1st
WHAT
Victim/survivors of childhood sexual assault by clergy, employees and volunteers of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, including the long time Milwaukee based Midwest Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPwisconsin.com/SNAPnetwork.org) will be joined by Fr. James Connell, pastor and former Vice-Chancellor of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, to:
–discuss the announcement by victims’ and church lawyers that the Archdiocese will release approximately half the priest offender files from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee on July 1st and its importance for public safety,
–discuss the possible importance of the depositions also to be released of former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Bishop Richard Sklba, and current New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
–urge the release of all church child sex abuser files including documents and files related to religious order clerics, employees, permanent deacons,
–insist that the archdiocese disclose all legal costs related to preventing abuse document release.
WHEN
THURSDAY, April 4, 1:00 p.m.
WHERE
Front steps of the Milwaukee Federal Courthouse, 517 E Wisconsin Ave
WHY
After two years of legal battles to prevent any public release of documents and key depositions related to the sexual abuse of children by clergy of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, it has been filed late Wednesday in the Milwaukee Federal Bankruptcy Court a public notification that the church lawyers will cease their legal efforts to keep secret internal church documents pertaining to 45 Milwaukee clergy known to have assaulted children.
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