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Church group wants Pope to investigate former La Crosse bishop

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Group thinks Burke may have allowed priest abuse go unpunished

A Catholic group is calling on the Pope to investigate former La Crosse Bishop Raymond Burke.

The Catholic Whistleblowers organization wants to see whether he permitted priest abuse to go unpunished while he was bishop in La Crosse and St. Louis. 

Burke was bishop of the La Crosse Diocese for nine years. 

The group also wants now-Cardinal Burke to be removed from all church offices, and to provide any information on abuse to victims who ask for it. 

It says he used a strict standard for evaluating claims of abuse, which failed to remove many abusive priests from the church.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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