Bishop Apologizes for Handling of Priest

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) - A Roman Catholic bishop [Bishop Raphael Fliss] apologized Sunday for the way the diocese handled complaints about a late priest who is believed to have later killed two funeral home workers.
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A Wisconsin judge ruled that the Rev. Ryan Erickson almost certainly shot to death funeral home director Dan O'Connell, 39, and employee James Ellison, 22, in 2002.

St. Croix County District Attorney Eric Johnson said evidence suggests O'Connell learned the priest was sexually abusing someone, was providing alcohol to minors, or both. Erickson committed suicide in 2004, just days after police questioned him in the slayings.

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