Accused Former Columbia Heights Priest Also on Winona Diocese List

By James Warden
Patch
December 16, 2013

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A former Columbia Heights priest who was on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ list of accused priests is also on a similar list that the Diocese of Winona released Monday.

In response to a Ramsey County District Court order, the Diocese of Winona publicly released a list of 14 priests with “credible” accusations of abuse. According to the list, Thomas P. Adamson was ordained in 1958 and worked in 13 parishes in the Diocese of Winona through 1979.

Monday’s release follows the Dec. 5 release by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis of priests “credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors in the Archdiocese.”

In addition to Adamson’s Diocese of Winona assignments, he also worked at Immaculate Conception in Columbia Heights from 1979 until 1980 and at Risen Savior in Apple Valley from 1981 until 1985, according to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Adamson then returned to the Diocese of Winona and was removed from the ministry. He now lives in Rochester.