July 4, 2013

Top US cardinal 'paid off abusive priests

'Newly released documents show the cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York, in his former job, repeatedly warned the Vatican of the potential for scandal over church sexual abuse in Milwaukee and oversaw a plan to pay off problem priests. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of Milwaukee at the time, also transferred $57 million into a trust to protect it from legal claims by sex abuse victims the documents show. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10154334/Top-US-cardinal-paid-off-abusive-priests.html

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