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Suffer the children....no more

For the past few months not a week has gone by that locally here in Juneau County there's a story that ties our community to the horror of child sexual assault. I don't know about you, but for me, I will never become numb to the the outcries of pain in each one of these stories. This week the story was about a Catholic priest from La Crosse, Wisconsin - his Juneau County ties were that he has served in parishes within our county...short stints...but he's crossed paths with Juneau County children. It's not  known if there's been any actual criminal contact with our children, but still he's been here. Rev. Patrick Umberger was charged with possession of child pornography - During interviews with investigators he supposedly admitted to being sexually attracted to young boys and males. In doing some research I ran across and article where a member from a group called The Survivor's Network of those Abused by Priests . The group is frustrated with the Dioces