William S. Skylstad

William Stephen Skylstad (born March 2, 1934, in Omak, Washington) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

The oldest of six children, William Skylstad was born in Omak, Washington on March 2, 1934, delivered on a table in the garage.

At age 14, having decided to enter the Catholic priesthood, William Skylstad left home to attend the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio.

[2] In 1960, Skylstad began teaching at Mater Cleri, a minor seminary in Colbert, Washington, evaluating student fitness for the priesthood.

The money for the settlement was to come from insurance companies, the sale of church property, contributions from Catholic groups and from the diocese's parishes.

[5] On April 12, 2007, four prominent donors to the diocese wrote private letters to Skylstad asking him to resign, terming the sexual abuse settlement he approved as a "complete disaster".

The board then reassigned O'Donnell to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Spokane, where Skylstad was the pastor.

Finally, Flynn's husband told Skylstad he would expose O'Donnell's behavior to the entire parish if the diocese did not remove him.

AI's new policy appears to apply to every stage of pregnancy and has already led AI-USA to oppose laws against the killing of partially delivered children.

In an August 23rd statement, Skylstad called the new AI position divisive and an affront to "people in many nations, cultures and religions who share a consistent commitment to all human rights".

In a letter to Viacom's president and CEO, Tom Freston, Skylstad said that the Comedy Central channel, owned by ViacomCBS, had shown "extreme insensitivity" in airing the episode, which featured a derisive statue of the Virgin Mary.