MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
by Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio
October 1, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is acknowledging it has financially supported priests involved in alleged sexual misconduct with adults and children.
Priests who were involved in misconduct received financial, therapeutic and spiritual support, the archdiocese said in a statement released Tuesday.
The support is needed to ensure that the priests in question do not reoffend, the archdiocese said. The statement also said offending priests are monitored to ensure that they do not offend again.
The former top accountant for the archdiocese has alleged that payments were made to nine priests.
Scott Domeier was sentenced to 39 months in prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the archdiocese and filing false tax returns. The archdiocese statement said Domeier’s claims included factual errors and misrepresentations.
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