MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: CHAO XIONG , Star Tribune Updated: December 18, 2013
No details of the discussion were disclosed, but more talks are set.
St. Paul police investigators and archdiocese representatives met Wednesday to discuss clergy sex abuse allegations after Chief Thomas Smith had criticized church leaders for not cooperating.
Investigators met with the Rev. Charles Lachowitzer, the vicar general of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as an attorney. Smith’s department said before noon that it would release “basic details” of the meeting later.
But by 4 p.m., the only update provided by the police, via Twitter, was that “officials answered some questions and set plans for discussions in near future to answer others,” adding that further details “will not be public at this time.”
The archdiocese issued a brief statement: “We had a productive and amicable meeting today and concur with the St. Paul Police’s account of our meeting.”
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