Three Catholic Churches remain
(green) where there were 17 in
North Central Milwaukee,
predominately African American
(black) neighborhood.
Weather is cool and spring like but soon the heat will descend on us. The heat finally descended on the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, when after years and years and millions and millions of dollars to prevent it, the Archdiocese finally released all its records concerning sexual abuse and the cover up in the Archdiocese. Some of the secrecy of Archdiocese was exposed but at great personal and financial cost.
On the issue of closing Catholic Churches in North Central Milwaukee I just received today the overlay maps that show the Catholic Church’s institutional efforts to segregate African Americans, poor and those going or coming from prison. Overlay of the maps of Milwaukee Catholic Churches in 1962 with maps of segregation, poverty and criminalization presently clearly show how the Catholic Church has failed to serve the poor, segregated and marginalized. While North Central Milwaukee suffers increased segregation, poverty and marginalization, the Catholic Church has reduced the number of Catholic Churches from 17 to three since 1962.
Next week I will release the maps publicly with the story but do not expect this neglect of poor and marginalized, those who Jesus most came to serve will make the news like the sexual abuse scandal. One map of segregation is on the side and maps of poverty and criminalization are below. Is this not abuse of main mission of Jesus Christ?
Red dots indicate areas of poverty
Black dots indicate areas
where prisoners come from
and return to
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