‘I Was Such A Little Kid’: As Wisconsin Catholic Clergy Accused Of Sexual Abuse Grows, The Trauma Lingers

Patty Gallagher Marchant travels around the state speaking out about her experience of being sexually abused by her parish priest in Monona, Wis., in 1965. She says a conversation in July with Madison Bishop Donald Hying brought about “relief and peace that I thought I would never have.” She was photographed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 2, 2019. Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch