MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
by Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
July 10, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson called Wednesday for the Catholic Church to release information on all priests in Minnesota with “credible allegations” of child sex abuse.
The request comes after the passage of the Child Victims Act in May, a new state law that gives victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits. Anderson’s request also follows the release last week of thousands of pages of documents by the Milwaukee archdiocese about dozens of priests accused of sexually abusing children dating back decades.
Similar efforts by Anderson have failed in the past. However, the new state law may provide an opportunity to seek those names in court.
Anderson also announced that he has requested a Ramsey County District judge unseal a list of 33 priests that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has identified as having credible allegations of abuse lodged against them. The list of names is already in court files from a previous lawsuit, but a judge sealed it.
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