Change in language demonstrates Kaul's unwillingness to exercise legal authority to obtain Church documents and evidence of child sexual abuse and cover-up

Kaul's office gave whistleblower documents to Church lawyers fearing Archdiocese's "aggressive attorneys" and a "politically-charged" Supreme Court

One year ago, Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops publicly refused to cooperate with the Wisconsin Department of Justice investigation into child sexual abuse in faith-based organizations

Documents raise troubling questions as to Senator Ron Johnson's possible involvement in 2007 shredding of priest abuse files in Green Bay

Documents raise troubling questions as to Senator Ron Johnson's possible involvement in 2007 shredding of priest abuse files in Green Bay

"Catholic groups equating homosexuality with pedophilia," they say, "are demonizing gay survivors of clergy abuse."

Tribal leaders and survivors are asking Kaul for a meeting to discuss abuse and deaths at residential schools

Donnelly has been a strong advocate for survivors’ participation in shaping institutional accountability

Longtime Biden ally has insisted that survivors must be a part of "all deliberations, solutions, and plans" to address ongoing abuse crisis in US

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

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.

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.