8,000 new instances of child sexual abuse alleged in Milwaukee Archdiocese

[cleanhippie]

The bankruptcy hearings for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee have revealed more than 8,000 previously unreported instances of alleged sexual abuse of children, according to one attorney representing the victims. The charges cover a span of 60 years and implicate a group of 100 alleged offenders, including nuns, church workers and some 75 priests.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Annysa Johnson writes that 570 “victim-survivors” have filed claims in the case, which is currently before U.S. bankruptcy judge Susan V. Kelley.

At a press conference on the federal courthouse steps in Milwaukee, Peter Isley, director of the Survivors’ Network of Those Abused by Priests said, “This is a public safety crisis, a child safety crisis that needs to be investigated. We need to know who they are and where they are. How can there be 8,000 crimes committed by over 100 offenders and there be no accountability?”

http://clergygonewild.com/sex-abuse/34-child-abuse/1420-wisconsin-8000-new-instances-of-child-sexual-abuse-alleged-in-milwaukee-archdiocese

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. yet all those bastard princes of the church promised that there were no more cases.

and their problem was solved. No, wait. that's what they said in the 1950s. and the 1980s. And 30 years later, once again.

[edhopper]

2. Stop talking about child rape

when we are forced to dispense the pill!!!

[fasttense]

3. Save the fetus and the zygote but rape the child. A new all time low for the Catholic church.n/t

[LiberalEsto]

5. +1000 nt

[hayrow1]

4. This is not a surprise, and anyone that says this was not well known is lying

Growing up in Milwaukee in the 1960's, the sexual abuse of children by Milwaukee Catholic representatives was well known by absolutely everybody. I am not a Catholic, and throughout my childhood from age 5 on, I was told by numerous Catholic friends to stay away from the priests because they were "wierd". The children and parents, as well as the Church, knew this was happening on a more than infrequent basis, and chose to look the other way. The belief seems to have been that only expendable, "different" children, were being used.

[Frustratedlady]

6. This makes me ill.

Now, what were the RW and Catholic church complaining about? Obama forcing something on the Catholics against their will? Hmmmm!

[rug]

7. Two week old story.

You can do better than that.

[onager]

12. At least, he's not trying to sell us a 2000-year-old story...

n/t

[cleanhippie]

13. Oh, SNAP!

[rug]

15. If he did, I'm sure it would be a thorough and unbiased narrative.

[skepticscott]

17. And I'm sure if it had been your child who was anally raped

you'd be over it in two weeks, right? It'd be old news, right? You'd be ok if everyone told you to get the fuck over it?

What a sorry sack of apologetic horseshit.

[ChadwickHenryWard]

24. Since you asked -

Cardinal Bevilacqua shredded an incriminating document in 1994:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017586763_apuspriestabusecharges.html

This story is two days old. Is that new enough to still be relevant?

[rug]

26. That's an entirely different story and it was already posted yesterday.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/121811397

[humblebum]

8. I would like to see a ratio of Catholic priests who are child abusers compared

to a ratio of public school teachers who are child abusers. For general informational purposes it would interesting to see.

[rug]

9. Here's one report.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/04/07/mean-men.html

[humblebum]

10. Thank you. Interesting. A most glaring difference

between the priests and other groups, it seems to me, is the tendency of the group to suppress the existence of such acts, compared to other less cohesive, more individualistic groups, such as teachers.

[rug]

11. That's an astute observation.

[EvilAL]

18. So there must be about

8000 cases of sexual abuse by about 100 teachers and school workers in that time frame.
I find that pill hard to swallow.
Must have been about 8000 cases EACH of firemen, police, doctors, coaches, assistant coaches, professors, scout leaders, dance coaches, rabbis, ministers and government officials. To name a few. Gimme a fuckin' break.

[madrchsod]

14. recommended..

[skepticscott]

16. While you're at it

Show us a ratio of Catholic priests who were known by their superiors to be rapists, but were transferred to other parishes without informing anyone there of their crimes, to public school teachers who were treated in the same way. And a ratio of cardinals and bishops who knew about rapist priests but did not inform the police, to public school principals who did the same. And a ratio of rapist catholic priests whose superiors decided that their crimes should be dealt with within their organization instead of by the proper civil authorities, to public school teachers who were given the same consideration.

Just for general information purposes.

[humblebum]

19. I'll leave that up to you since you are so curious. nt

[skepticscott]

21. No need for me to be curious

I've already seen lots of evidence for half of those things, and none for the rest. So have you. But hey, try one of those "other ways of knowing" and I'm sure you'll find a way to change all that.

[humblebum]

22. So then, I can only assume you are ready to deal with this problem within

the Catholic Church, but not within other groups. That is indeed another way of reasoning. And maybe telling as well.

[skepticscott]

23. You are so funny when

you're pinned on a point. Squirming and flailing and thinking no one notices.

[cleanhippie]

25. "Squirming and flailing and thinking no one notices." - Oh, well all notice it.

And we laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.

[humblebum]

27. It appears my assumption is correct. nt

[Iggo]

20. He don't wanna know.