MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 12/05/2013
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis released Thursday its list of priests “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children.
The list consists of 33 priests who have worked in the archdiocese beginning in 1950.
Nearly half of the parishes in the archdiocese — 92 out of 188 — have had at least one offending priest, the archdiocese reported.
Ramsey County District Judge John Van de North on Monday ordered the list of 33 priests be made public. He gave the Twin Cities archdiocese and the Diocese of Winona until Dec. 17 to do so. The archdiocese said it would release at least some of those names Thursday.
Archbishop John Nienstedt said in a letter on the archdiocese website Thursday that it would disclose all “credible and … substantiated” claims on the website from now on.
“This is a tragedy that has caused insufferable harm to victims, their families, parishioners and the church,” Nienstedt wrote. “I must say once again to all victims of this abuse: I am so sorry for the pain you have endured.”
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