State Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point) and other state legislators will issue a letter to Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today seeking an investigation of the 8,000 unreported instances of child sexual abuse and 100 alleged offenders reported to be contained in sealed documents in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case.
The following are excerpts of the letter:
The revelations reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday, February 10, indicating that sealed documents filed in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case document at least 8,000 instances of child sexual abuse and 100 alleged offenders who have not been previously identified by the archdiocese are nothing short of a public safety crisis. We are writing to urge your office to take immediate action to investigate these allegations of child sexual abuse and to work with other law enforcement agencies to bring those individuals who sexually abused children to justice…
The concealment of these offenses may already have facilitated hundreds of additional crimes against young people. It is vital to immediately determine whether any of these documented crimes are still prosecutable under the statute of limitations, and in any case to identify all known perpetrators so they can be prevented from damaging any more young lives…
A scan of the signed letter will be made available to news media at approximately 2:30 p.m. today, Monday, February 20. Please contact Senator Lassa’s office for interview requests or more information.
