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18 Nov: Priest accused in Edina brothers’ sexual assault

The St. Paul law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates filed the suit in Ramsey
County District Court on behalf of the brothers, who say from 1967 to 1973, when
they were 7 to 14 years of age, they were sexually assaulted by the Rev. Thomas
Stitts, a priest who at the time was assigned to Our Lady of Grace church in
Edina.

18 Nov: Priest Accused in Edina Brothers’ Sexual Assault

The St. Paul law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates filed the suit in Ramsey
County District Court on behalf of the brothers, who say from 1967 to 1973, when
they were 7 to 14 years of age, they were sexually assaulted by the Rev. Thomas
Stitts, a priest who at the time was assigned to Our Lady of Grace church in
Edina.

17 Nov: Lawsuit Filed Today Accuses Archdiocese of Cover-up

Jeff Anderson & Associates filed a lawsuit today in Ramsey County District Court on behalf of four Edina, Minnesota, brothers who claim that beginning in 1967, and until 1973, when the boys were 7 – 14 years of age, were repeatedly sexually assaulted by Father Thomas Stitts, a Roman Catholic priest who at the time was assigned to Our Lady of Grace church in Edina. 

16 Nov: New claim says Church covered-up sexual rampage of Brother Raimond Rose for over 40 years

A lawsuit filed in Portage County Wisconsin Circuit Court claims Christian Brother Raimond Rose was on a sexual rampage that included at least twenty-one minor student victims at 7 schools in 4 states—including Pacelli in Stevens Point; De La Salle High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Shanley High School in Fargo, North Dakota; and De La Salle High School in Concord, California.

25 Oct: Victory for Protection of Children

“Last Friday, a judge in San Diego ordered the Diocese of San Diego to release over 10,000 documents detailing the Diocese’s failings in its handling of child sexual abuse by its clergy.  The documents come from personnel files of individual offending priests credibly accused who were known child abusers yet were moved from parish to parish, diocese to diocese, and often never removed from ministry.   We commend the court for ordering these documents released, but we do so with regret that this order did not come sooner.   Over the years that the church was allowe…