Click photo to enlarge This undated image provided by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee shows priest Michael Benham. Behham had been accused in 2003 of abuse that started in 1976, when the victim was 11, and continued for four years. Pope Benedict XVI officially defrocked Benham in August 2008 at the request of Archbishop of Milwaukee Timothy Dolan. Benham died in February 2012. «1» MILWAUKEE—As the national clergy sex abuse scandal mounted following revelations in Boston in 2002, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan faced increasing pressure as the archbishop in Milwaukee to cut costs by defrocking problem priests and pushback from his staff when he hesitated, according to newly...
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