Victim: Diocese disclosure just a step

MINNESOTA
Marshall Independent

A former victim of clerical sexual abuse said the recent disclosure of a list of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse is not enough.

December 7, 2013
By Steve Browne , Marshall Independent

MARSHALL – The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Thursday released the names of 30 ordained ministers of the Catholic Church who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a minor and four whom the diocese said had accusations not substantiated against them.

The disclosure came in response to a court order after a case was filed by the St. Paul legal firm of Jeff Anderson and Associates.

Childhood sexual abuse survivor Bob Schwiderski said it’s a good start but still not enough.

“It’s been good for Minnesota,” Schwiderski said, “the fact that society has seen so much abut childhood abuse, it can do nothing but help us move forward.”
stees in 1962, Marks was transferred to St. Clotilde in Green Valley and to St. Dionysius in Tyler.

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