Posts Tagged Milwaukee Archdiocese
Is the Milwaukee archdiocese too broke to pay its legal bills? / National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Church Finances, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on July 30, 2014
The Milwaukee archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy, but is it too broke to pay its legal bills?
“Currently, the archdiocese has paid or owes just shy of $14 million in legal and professional fees related to the bankruptcy. As the debtor, the archdiocese is required by federal law to pay the legal expenses of those who have filed claims as well as its own lawyers. Lawyers for the archdiocese filed a 63-page statement to back up a $204,451 bill for the month of June alone.
“The legal bills are far greater than the $4 million the archdiocese offered survivors of sex abuse before filing for bankruptcy on Jan. 4, 2011. That prompted Peter Isely, the Midwest director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and one of the Milwaukee claimants, to question whether the archdiocese’s actions are consistent with what Pope Francis has said.
‘Although it is unclear what this pope is doing or not doing on the issue, one thing that is perfectly clear is that paying lawyers three to four times what they have offered victims is directly opposite to this pope’s pontificate,’ Isely said. ‘He has said that victims have a right to and must be justly compensated.’”
By Marie Rohde, National Catholic Reporter — Click here to read the rest of this story.
‘Whistleblower’ Priest Urges Full Transparency for Church Leaders / National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in church reform, Voice of the Faithful on August 14, 2013
Fr. James Connell, a retired Milwaukee priest who helped found a national network of clergy and sisters committed to reporting instances of sexual abuse within the church, offered advice Tuesday for Catholic leaders dealing with the pedophilia scandal: Come clean.” By Mark Rhode, National Catholic Reporter
Read Rhode’s entire article by clicking here.
Dolan Sought Vatican Permission to Shield Assets / The New York Times
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, church reform, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on July 1, 2013
Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday revealed that in 2007, the diocese’s archbishop at the time, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, requested permission from the Vatican to move nearly $57 million into a cemetery trust fund in order to protect the assets from victims of clergy sexual abuse who were demanding compensation.”
You can read Laurie Goodstein’s entire article, “Dolan Sought Vatican Permission to Shield Assets, in The New York Times by clicking here.
Milwaukee Archdiocese Did Not Suspend Priest Suspected of Child Sex Abuse in California
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on April 17, 2013
Archdiocesan officials in Milwaukee and leaders of a Milwaukee-based religious congregation try to explain away culpability for allowing a priest to remain in active ministry at two parishes and a school despite knowledge of prior sexual abuse of children. Only when another allegation was reported to police did the archdiocese and congregation remove the priest from his assignments. All of this transpired over the past year. What does this malfeasance say about how hierarchical leaders continue to place the interests of their institutions over the protection of children?
Bill Casey, Voice of the Faithful member and former trustee
See the news story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Milwaukee Catholic Officials Knew of California Sex Abuse Allegations Against Priest
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