MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
[the lawsuit – Jeff Anderson and Associates]
[HAZELDEN 1-14-1980]
[Letter 8-29-1972]
[Letter 6-9-1966]
by Conrad Wilson, Minnesota Public Radio
June 5, 2013
WAITE PARK, Minn. — The second lawsuit under the new Child Victims Act was filed Wednesday in Stearns County District Court.
At a news conference announcing the suit, Edward Bramlage alleged he was sexually abused by Father Gilbert Allen Tarlton while attending St. John’s Preparatory Academy in Collegeville, Minn.
“The reason that I decided to step up was because I couldn’t at 14 [years old],” Bramlage said. “In 1977 when I was going to school there, nobody had ever heard of a priest molesting a child, especially men, and I didn’t think anybody would believe me.”
In addition to Tarlton, who’s now in his 80s, the suit names the school, the Order of St. Benedict and St. John’s Abbey.
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