LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Michigan’s attorney general wants to use the state’s share of a national bank fraud settlement to investigate sexual abuse allegations against Catholic priests.
State Attorney General Dana Nessel says it would be the best use of the money collected from Wells Fargo for misleading and improperly charging fees to customers.
Kelly Rossman-McKinney is Nessel’s communications director.
“Clearly, the investigation into clergy abuse is one of the most important things that we’re working on here,” she says.
Rossman says the job is big. Investigators are conducting thousands of interviews and sorting through millions of subpoenaed documents.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer also wants more than $2 million of the $5 million settlement set aside for the investigation. The Legislature would also have to agree.