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Jesuit given home confinement over prosecutors' please

A St. John's Abbey priest whose role on a review board brought criticism last month hasn't served on the board since early 2007, according to a letter issued this week by the leader of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville.

A retired Jesuit priest convicted of molesting two boys was taken into custody Friday on a charge that he molested a boy he took on a trip to Switzerland and Austria seven years ago, prosecutors announced.

A prominent Jesuit priest accused of sexually victimizing teenage boys who were his valets as he traveled the world leading Roman Catholic spiritual retreats was taken into federal custody yesterday in Chicago.

10/27/2007 Lawyer to Abbey: Follow settlement By David Unze, dunze@stcloudtimes.com ST. PAUL - The lawyer who represented numerous alleged victims of clergy sex abuse in what was hailed as a landmark settlement agreement with St. John's Abbey on Friday accused Abbot John Klassen of failing to live up to terms of that agreement. St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson bases his accusation on questions about the past of a priest recently appointed to the External Review Board, which was created as a result of the settlement. The Abbey issued a brief statement Friday afternoon that said it would no