Archdiocese Adds Victim Assistance Program

KAAL
December 4, 2014

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Victims harmed by clergy abuse will have another way to receive assistance.

The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis announced Thursday it was partnering with Canvas Health, a Stillwater-based organization that provides counseling, crisis services, psychiatry and health services.

Tim O'Malley, director of ministerial standards and safe environment for the archdiocese, said in a statement that he consulted with survivors of clergy abuse and lawyers for plaintiffs and other experts about enhancing the victims' assistance program.

The archdiocese has had a victims assistance program since 1992.

In November, lawyer Jeff Anderson released the names of 24 priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse in the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese.