Attorneys seek emails, texts on accused Minn. priests

By Mike Durkin
Fox 9
June 25, 2014

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/25867670/attorneys-seek-emails-texts-on-accused-minn-priests

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) -

Attorneys for the victims of alleged sexual abuse by Minnesota priests are asking a judge to order the release of church emails and text messages related to abuse allegations.

St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson said they need to verify which individuals, at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona, knew about allegations of abuse and when they knew it.

The electronic records are being sought in a lawsuit that alleges church officials created “private and public nuisances by failing to disclose information about certain priests accused of sexually abusing minors.”

In the argument to Ramsey County District Judge John Van de North, the victims’ attorneys said a release of electronic records will show when a file was created, modified or deleted.