MINNESOTA
KSTP
By: Megan Stewart
The deadline for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Diocese of Winona to release the list of credibly accused priests since 2004 has been extended to Feb. 5.
The change came after a hearing to determine whether the priests included in the list should be those “credibly accused,” where the allegations had been verified by the church, or all those accused.
On Dec. 3, Ramsey County District Judge John Van de North ordered the archdiocese and the diocese to release two sets of names. The first list was 46 names that had been compiled as of 2004.
The second list was set to be released on Jan. 6. It was originally outlined to consist of all names the archdiocese and diocese had learned about since 2004.
On Thursday, the archdiocese and diocese filed letters with the court seeking to clarify the criteria for the second list of names.
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