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Milwaukee’s Catholic archdiocese files for bankruptcy

Associate Press January 4, 2011.

Print: LA Times

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has directed its attorneys to file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual abuse lawsuits have left it with debts it can’t pay.

Convicted priest talks to investigators in federal probe of L.A. archdiocese

Richard Winton August 14, 2009.

Print: L.A. Times

A former Los Angeles priest convicted of molesting two boys has been called before a federal grand jury investigating how the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony handled priest abuse cases, a source told The Times. Former priest Michael Stephen Baker said he informed Mahony two decades ago that he sexually abused children, but he was allowed to remain in the ministry and victimized others.