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Yes. Our Lady of Sorrows. They've been through the wringer. Please, keep this parish in your prayers.

Wow, this is scary. At Our Lady of Sorrows, the pastor resigns amid scandal. The assistant pastor "comforts" the parishioners in their grief until he too resigns amidst his own scandal. And while this is going on, Bishop Dolan is living in the same parish with these 2 homosexual abusers?

I'm pinging BlackElk because I remember that he was certain that Dolan was going to clean out Milwaukee. I wish my memory was better so I could ping some of our good posters from Wisconsin. Desdemona, if you can remember who are the Catholic Freepers from Wisconsin, please alert them to this information. There were those who were sure that Dolan would be the savior, and there were those who thought that "Bishop Cheesehead Miter" was not setting the right tone for a diocese which had just endured the grueling trial of living under Weakland.

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan sports the latest episcopal attire, a cheesehead mitre. He donned the Wisconsin wedge during his homily at an outdoor Mass at the Cousins Center Sept. 8.
Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Des,can you do a little better on the time and sequencing of the scandal at the parish where archbishop Dolan lived? I read on a Google search piece that he was ordained in St. Louis in August of 2001,he had just returned from a long stint in Rome.He was appointed in Milwaukee only 10 months later.

It seems to me Max is using your post to point out that the archbishop was negligent or remiss.While I was extremely unhappy that he was pretty kind,if not glowing in his recognition of rembert,I am unwilling to cross him off the list of very fine bishops based on 10 months at a rectory with abusers. Even if that is the case although it may be less.Need your help Des!!

As Livius pointed out on another thread,he has come to believe that many of these abusers are sociopaths,whose every work is likely to be a lie,thus they are quite convincing in their stories because they have no conscience,dolan's failing to recognize them would not in itself be unusual.So before this story takes on a life of its own,let us try to get some more facts on the table. ?Thanks.

Max, you misunderstand. Dolan IS one of the good guys.

Campbell, who was the pastor, had a single incident in his past, 13-16 years earlier - with a teenage girl - that wasn't even a crime. It was never eligible for prosecution and when we heard what it was...it was nothing in comparison.

It was the associate, who's activities FIRST surfaced this spring, who was the real problem and the Chancery had no idea until a 10 year old who was a family friend and not in the parish told of the abuse beginning when he was five. This guy pleaded guilty to five counts and is awaiting sentencing. And I hope he gets life at Potosi.

No, Dolan had nothing to do with it. And we miss him terribly.

Litany also is in Milwaukee. I still believe that Archbishop Dolan is one of the Good Guys, but sure hope he eschews future Cheesehead-like stunts. The indignity and inappropriateness of the act are bad enough; what's even worse is the pandering for popularity that may be driving it. If you want respect, you have to act like you deserve it.