Federal lawsuit filed against Franciscans of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Clergy abuse survivors and advocates to hold press conference at Federal Courthouse

Archbishop Listecki refuses to cooperate with Wisconsin Department of Justice investigation into child abuse and cover-up, essentially ordering church officials, Catholic school personnel, and clergy not to cooperate

No Catholic diocese or religious order has made a commitment to cooperate with the Wisconsin Department of Justice

Group expects church officials to bring all documents and evidence to Monday’s meeting with Attorney General Kaul

The statement released by the Norbertines this afternoon acknowledging Smith’s role in the De Pere Abbey contradicts previous statements by Abbot Neville that Smith was “never a member of the St. Norbert Abbey.” These repeated statements intended to mislead Green Bay’s Catholic families were false.

On the first anniversary of Nate Lindstrom’s death, family and advocates launch Nate’s Mission, a new statewide anti-clergy abuse initiative

Hundreds of graduates from four Catholic schools in Wisconsin signed a joint letter to a local religious order, demanding answers and actions following a recent article that detailed one man’s struggle with clergy abuse that ultimately culminated in suicide.

A statewide investigation of institutional child abuse in Wisconsin is long overdue. It's too late for Nate to see justice. It's not too late for thousands of his fellow survivors.

This Saturday, June 6, family and supporters of a Green Bay clergy abuse victim who took his life in March will publicly call on the Wisconsin Attorney General to join other states in investigating cases of clergy sexual abuse, holding perpetrators and enablers accountable, and ending sexual violence.