Retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee gave a video deposition detailing the inner workings of a Catholic sex-abuse scandal and admitting that he transferred priests with a history of sexual misconduct back into churches without alerting parishioners.
The deposition is a rare window into how a top Catholic Church official handled allegations of sexual misconduct by priests during what became a multi-million dollar, national scandal with international aspects.
Peter Isely, a spokesman for the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
"I have never heard a bishop discuss openly the inner workings of this essentially secret handling of sex abuse cases. I haven't seen anything like this anywhere in the country."
Part one of four in the videotape deposition:
There are still broad, unresolved issues, illustrated by a recent demand by SNAP for the resignation of the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops because they believe he continues to mishandle the problem.
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