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Allison DeGeorge
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Allison DeGeorge

“It has taken me more than a decade to find the words that have become my abuse story and I feel very … afraid to share. The only reason I share it now is that I do not want anyone to have to endure the shame and isolation I felt as I searched … for an explanation of what happened to me.”

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Catholics Have Questions About Awake’s Next Step Recommendations. We Offer Answers.

Catholics Have Questions About Awake’s Next Step Recommendations. We Offer Answers.

We call the recommendations “Next Steps” because we see them as building on the progress the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has already made to assist survivors and address abuse by church leaders. But we believe more can and should be done. We developed these recommendations carefully over the course of two years by listening deeply to survivors and researching widely accepted best practices already implemented in other dioceses.

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