Survivors, advocates and a former priest were among those protesting the funeral of former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland and encouraging members of the clergy to not attend the service.

Isley…argued that for all the talk about Weakland's liberal values, he shared a "common commitment" with conservative church leaders who wanted to brush aside abuse victims and protect the church. "In that regard, Weakland was one of the most vigorous, zealous architects of this horrific coverup," Isley said.

"It's bad," said Isely. "It's obscene. He was complex. He was sophisticated and all that kind of stuff, but one thing that was not complex about him at all was his fierce devotion to priests that assaulted children.”

Peter Isely, program director of Nate's Mission, issued the following statement: Thousands of children were harmed under his watch, and he bears the responsibility.

What has happened in the course or the review? Has the initiative been fruitful? Throughout the following months, not much has been said by the attorney general. Yet the citizens of Wisconsin have a right to know -- after all, they are paying for the effort.

A Wisconsin advocacy group for victims of clerical sexual abuse says the state’s attorney general has broken his word, downplaying a promised investigation into the state’s five dioceses as a “review” of abuse allegations.

The group Nate’s Mission criticized Attorney General Josh Kaul last month for what it thought was an investigation the AG launched last year into the state’s five archdioceses and religious orders.

Attorney General Josh Kaul is vowing to use "whatever legal processes" he can to continue his clergy and faith leader review after concerns were raised by abuse survivors over what they said was a lack of action by the Department of Justice.

Disappointed, let down, and betrayed were some of the words used by abuse survivors who feel the Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse Initiative has fallen short of expectations.

Nate's Mission and other speakers held a press conference outside the Wisconsin State Capitol to report on the progress of the child sexual abuse in faith-based organizations investigation.

One year after the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office announced a new initiative to investigate clergy abuse, a group of survivors says Attorney General Josh Kaul has failed them.

Survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and faith leaders called on Attorney General Josh Kaul and the Department of Justice to do more in their investigation into abuse cases.

On Tuesday, survivors of clergy sexual abuse and advocates — including residential school survivors and members of the Menominee tribe — spoke up to say they are still waiting for investigations to start.

Last week, a Wisconsin-based organization delivered thousands of whistleblower documents to the attorney general for what it says is evidence of a clergy sexual abuse cover-up.

The Diocese of Green Bay responded Friday to an advocacy group's allegations that it had covered up 69 additional priests connected to child abuse.

Nate's Mission says it's given 217 names to Wisconsin's attorney general

A list of alleged clergy sex offenders in the Green Bay Diocese was delivered to the Brown County District Attorney office Thursday afternoon.

Advocates claim they have obtained thousands of documents from whistleblowers inside the church that reveal over 200 allegedly abusive priests were kept secret across the five Wisconsin dioceses, 69 of whom have associations with the Diocese of Green Bay.

Survivors of abuse within the Catholic Church dropped off a new list to the Milwaukee County District Attorney of alleged offenders within the church.

The group claims the 'thousands of pages' of documents include evidence of diocese policies meant to destroy evidence of abuse, fraud