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[Doe 1 Order Releasing Names of Credibly Accused Priests]
Article by: RICHARD MERYHEW , Star Tribune Updated: December 4, 2013
E-mail notices says there are 92 parishes where at least one priest on the list was assigned.
In a heads-up to parish priests and administrators, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Wednesday sent an e-mail to all clergy and church trustees preparing them for the disclosure of its list of clergy who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
The e-mail, from Vicar General Charles Lachowitzer, did not identify how many priests would be on the list, which the archdiocese has said it plans to release Thursday.
Lachowitzer, however, wrote that the archdiocese has mailed notices to 92 parishes where at least one priest on the list had been assigned at one point during his career.
“We expect that most parishes will receive these letters by the end of the day Wednesday, but some may arrive on Thursday,” Lachowitzer said.
Wednesday’s e-mail follows a ruling earlier this week by a Ramsey County district judge ordering the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona to release the names of 46 priests accused of sexually abusing minors by Dec. 17.
The Twin Cities archdiocese has held secret the names of 33 credibly accused abusers since it compiled the list in 2004 and won a 2009 ruling allowing the list to remain private. In court Monday, archdiocesan officials said they were prepared to identify 29 of the 33 priests, but Judge John Van de North ordered all 33 identified by Dec. 17.
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