Archdiocese Releases 24 Additional Names of Credibly-Accused Priests

By Jennie Olson
KSTP
November 5, 2014

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Attorney Jeff Anderson has released the files of 24 priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse Wednesday.

The priests include: John Brown, Ralph Goniea, Paul Palmitessa, Robert Thurner, Edward Beutner, Rudolph Henrich, Joseph Pinkosh, Roger Vaughn, Robert Clark, Reginald Krakovsky, Charles Potocki, Clarence Vavra, Thomas Erickson, Harry Majerus, Robert Ruglovsky, Raymond Walter, Ambrose Filbin, William Marks, James Stark, Adalbert Wolski, Kenneth Gansmann, James Nickel, Michael Stevens and Francis Zachman.

At least six of the priests worked in the Diocese of New Ulm: Clark, Filbin, Henrich, Krakovsky, Majerus and Marks.

The names were previously released, it's the files that are new.

The case is believed to be the first clergy sexual abuse case nationwide to use the public nuisance theory at trial. That claim allowed victims' attorneys to seek evidence of sexual abuse across the archdiocese rather than focus on allegations against one individual.