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Jul 02, 2008: Time line Regarding Harold White and the Archdiocese of Denver

Timeline Regarding Harold White and the Archdiocese of Denver
Late 1950-61 White in Seminary
John Doe 1B abused by Harold White prior to his ordination when he was a deacon at Holy Family. Report #1: Victim reported abuse to nun who then slammed his head against the blackboard and told him never to speak of the abuse again.
6/24/60 St. Catherine’s – Denver, CO:
Harold Robert White ordained for the Archdiocese of Denver. He was assigned to St. Catherine=s Parish.
9/1960 Archdiocese internal documents on White Report # 2 – “4 boys – ‘little bit familiar'” (White document – 0068)
12/13/61

Feb 05, 2008: Records Indicate Prosser Declined to Prosecute Priest in 1979

2/5/2008
Records indicate Prosser declined to prosecute priest in 1979
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser told a mother in 1979 when he was Outagamie County district attorney that he did not want to prosecute a priest accused of abusing her sons because “it would be too hard on the boys,” newly released documents indicate.
The Green Bay priest, John Patrick Feeney, who is now 81, was eventually convicted in 2004 on three counts of sexual assault of a minor and one count of attempted sexual assault of a minor.
Prosser is scheduled to hear a case bro