Tuesday, April 5, 2011

17 named in clergy sex-abuse case | StarTribune.com

names were released by St. John's Abbey of Collegeville as part of a settlement of clergy abuse lawsuits announced on Monday (3-28-2011)by St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson. The clergy taught at St. John's Preparatory School or were assigned to parishes in St. Cloud.

four are deceased, three are no longer at St. John's and the others live at the abbey "with the constraints of a safety plan and supervision

Rev. Thomas Reese, a clergy sex abuse expert at the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington, D.C., said the diocese of Baltimore and others have begun to make public lists of

"The bottom line is the church did such a bad job in handling this [clergy sex abuse], that no one has any confidence or trust in the hierarchy's handling of these priests,'' Reese continued. "I think it's inevitable in today's world, the church is going to have to publish these names."

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