Father J. Vincent Fitzgerald sexually abused childrenon White Earth, Leech Lake and Lake Traverse Reservations in Minnesota and South Dakota. Defendants include the Diocese of Crookston and Oblates of Mary Immaculate…
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Media AdvisorySt. Paul News Conference Tuesday First Child Victims Act Lawsuit to Name Treatment Facility Run by Bishops Where Known Offenders were Recycled into Ministry Father Francis Hoefgen admitted abuse to police, sent to St. Luke’s and placed back in Hastings parish where he molested Doe 27 Saint Luke Institute, St. John’s, Archdiocese, named in sexual abuse lawsuit What: At a news conference on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minnesota former priest and monk Patrick J. Wall, along with attorney Jeff Anderson, will: • Announce the filing of a sexual abuse lawsuit on behalf of…
At a news conference Thursday in St. Paul, clergy sexual abuse attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will announce the filing of a sexual abuse lawsuit on behalf of a man in his 50s, Doe 26, naming Father Jerome C. Kern and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as defendants. Doe 26 was sexually abused from 12-16 years old while a parishioner at Our Lady of Grace in Edina, Minnesota. The lawsuit was filed in Ramsey County District Court and alleges the Archdiocese was negligent in allowing Kern to continue working with children despite receiving reports of misconduct as early as 1969. Kern remained in ministry until 2002.
Media AdvisoryOctober 28, 2013 St. Paul News Conference Tuesday Father Robert M. Thurner Named In Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Documents confirm long-standing pattern and practice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ handling of sexual abuse cases WHAT: At a news conference Tuesday in St. Paul, clergy sexual abuse attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will: · Announce the filing of a Ramsey County lawsuit naming as defendants Father Robert M. Thurner and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on behalf of a woman now in her 3…
St. Paul News Conference Monday: Sexual Abuse Survivor Sues Offending Priest Still in Ministry, Father Michael Keating Lawsuit to be…
At a news conference on Monday in St. Paul, MN prominent clergy abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the filing of two sexual abuse lawsuits on behalf of three women naming the Diocese of New Ulm as defendants. The lawsuit claims the Diocese of New Ulm was negligent in allowing Father David A. Roney unlimited access to children despite recei…
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At a news conference on Wednesday in St. Paul, prominent sexual abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the filing of a lawsuit involving the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation d/b/a The Boys Scouts of America (BSA) filed under the new Minnesota Child Victims Act. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of former Boy Scout Doe 17…