Church drags feet on punishing sex-assaulting priest, but not on protecting $57M
When then-Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan sounded the alarm on abusive priests, the Roman Catholic Church dragged its feet — but when Dolan needed to protect tens of millions of dollars, the church acted without hesitation, bombshell documents revealed Monday.
The Vatican took only a month to give Dolan the go-ahead in 2007 to move $57 million into a trust in anticipation of an avalanche of sexual abuse lawsuits against the Milwaukee Archdiocese, which Dolan ran from 2002 to 2009.
But it took six years for Dolan to get the Vatican to defrock an out-of-control priest who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy.
The stunning revelations were contained in 6,000 pages of documents released Monday by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee as part of its bankruptcy proceeding.
In 2003, Dolan — now the cardinal in New York and arguably the face of the Catholic Church in America — wrote Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who would go on to become Pope Benedict XVI...
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Like I stated" take away the black & white uniform with collar; and what do you have; A rapist; I believe that the Child Molester; found a loophole in the Religious System" become a Priest and be protected by the Oath & the Statute of limitation.
I tried to go to the www.changetvnetwork.com,like you suggested’ so I could get involve" but it didn’t have any luck in finding the web page.
Thank you.
Posted on February 16, 2013 by itccs Latest Update – Interview with Kevin Annett by Alexander Backman Exclusive Breaking News: Friday February 15, 2013 12 midnight GMT An Urgent Update from the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) – Brussels Rome: In a statement to Reuters today, Vatican officials announced that Joseph Ratzinger will remain a permanent resident of Vatican City after his resignation. Doing so will offer him legal protection from any attempt to prosecute him in connection with sexual abuse cases around the world, Church sources said today “His continued presence in the Vatican is necessary, otherwise he might be defenseless;