Archdiocese of Milwaukee removes names of two bishops from buildings
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Tuesday that it will remove from archdiocesan buildings the names of two former archbishops who were found to have reassigned priests accused of sexual abuse.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
3/19/2019 (5 years ago)
Published in Asia Pacific
Keywords: Archdiocese of Milwaukee, two bishops, buildings
Milwaukee, Wis., (CNA) - "As a sign of repentance, and because of the pain caused to abuse survivors and their families with regard to handling the sexual abuse allegations, I will change the name of the Archbishop Catholic Cousins Center," Archbishop Jerome Listecki said.
The letters on the sign for the Cousins Center '" which received that name in 1983 '" were removed Tuesday afternoon. The archdiocese said a new name will be announced Friday.
In addition, the Weakland Center, named for Archbishop Rembert Weakland, will be renamed. Located in downtown Milwaukee, the center holds parish offices.
Archbishop William Cousins led the Archdiocese of Milwaukee from 1958 to 1977.
Weakland served as archbishop from 1977 to 2002. His resignation at the age of 75 came amid revelations that he had paid $450,000 to silence an adult male seminarian with whom he had a sexual relationship.
Both bishops failed to remove priests who had been accused, in some cases by dozens of people, of sexual abuse, archdiocesan documents have found.
Archbishop Listecki noted that the idea of changing the building names had been raised for several years.
"As the Church continues to restore trust in its response to clergy sexual abuse, the timing seemed right to do so now," he said, according to WTMJ radio.
The archbishop voiced hope that the measure would be a step toward healing for abuse victims.
"Whether it be clericalism, a misguided intent to protect the institutional church or the desire to avoid scandal, regard for priest-offenders often trumped care for victims. For this, I apologize to abuse survivors and to the faithful of this archdiocese," he said.
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