Of the two, [Peter] Isely is probably better known in Milwaukee, a result of his high-profile work as a spokesman for the Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
His story, along with those of other abuse victims, is told in "Holy Water-Gate: Abuse Cover-up in the Catholic Church," which makes its American TV debut tonight on Showtime.
Isely came forward with his claims in 1989, sought a meeting with then-Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee and was rebuffed.
The other Wisconsinite is Sister Rose Thering.
In "Sister Rose's Passion," a nominee for best documentary short at this year's Academy Awards, Thering describes growing up in a farming community where everyone was white and - with the exception of a single Protestant family - Roman Catholic.
The passion of the film's title is her advocacy for Judaism as a respected elder sibling of Christianity, not its enemy.
The latter interpretation, Thering believes, is at the root of the anti-Semitism that ultimately led to the Holocaust and other horrors.
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