MINNESOTA
WCCO
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) – A judge has ordered that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis must release the names of 33 priests accused of sexually abusing minors.
The names include 29 priests on a 2004 list of priests deemed to have been credibly accused of abuse, plus one who had a substantiated claim leveled against him later.
That list actually includes 33 names. An archdiocese attorney says one is a member of a religious order and nothing shows he served in the archdiocese. The other three are priests for whom the archdiocese says the allegations can’t be substantiated.
Ramsey County Judge John Van de North also ruled that the Diocese of Winona must release the names of the 13 priests accused there.
That information must be disclosed by Dec. 17.
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