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	Catholic Church Settles WKOW [Milwaukee WI] September 13, 2006 http://www.wkowtv.com/index.php/news/story/p/pkid/24878 The Archdiocese of Milwaukee will pay 16 million dollars in a settlement involving 10 victims of sexual abuse who live in California. Now, a local family is speaking out about that settlement as they crusade for more transparency in the church. The O'Connell's began their crusade after a Catholic priest murdered Tom O'Connell's brother five years ago. He says the settlement focuses a glaring spotlight on gaps in Wisconsin law...gaps which swallow up too many Wisconsin victims. "As far as clergy molestation in Wisconsin goes, we are the worst state in the country. We are actually a haven," he says. O'Connell says in some cases the state's statute of limitations laws, or time limit, run out in just two years. He's campaigning to change that. Three weeks ago the O'Connell family filed a lawsuit against the US Catholic Conference of Bishops. They are not looking for money with the suit, but rather a higher level of accountability from clergy when it comes to child molesting priests. Bishop Robert Morlino, of the Madison Diocese, is also named in that lawsuit, although he has not yet been served papers.
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