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UPDATE: the original version of this story stated that the list was unclear on whether a fourth man, Robert Kapoun, had also served at St. Joseph. The archdiocese has since confirmed that he did not.
LINO LAKES – Three men who served at St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church in the 1980s were named Dec. 5 in a list of priests credibly accused of engaging in sexual abuse of minors, according to information from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. According to church administrator Amy Moore, to current church staff’s knowledge, none of the claims of abuse occurred while the men were serving at St. Joseph of the Lake.
The three men are Lee Krautkremer, 73, of Minneapolis; Timothy McCarthy, 67, of St. Paul or Oakdale; and Robert Zasacki, 67, now deceased.
The Quad Community Press did not uncover significant civil or criminal cases involving Krautkremer,
McCarthy or Zasacki. Krautkremer was a pastor at St. Joseph from 1978 to 1984, McCarthy was an associate priest at the parish from 1984 to 1986, and Zasacki served at the parish in 1983 and 1984 (the list did not state in what capacity).
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