MINNESOTA
Winona Daily News
By Madeleine Baran l Minnesota Public Radio News
A Ramsey County judge extended the deadline Friday for the Diocese of Winona and Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to disclose new lists of priests accused of sexually abusing children since 2004.
Judge John Van de North already forced church officials in December to disclose the names of “credibly accused” priests on an earlier list. But the dioceses now have until Feb. 5 to produce the new list, which would include the names of all priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse since 2004.
In court Friday, archdiocese lawyer Tom Wieser objected to the broad scope of the order, as did the attorney for the Diocese of Winona. “It’s not reasonable,” Wieser said. “It’s not fair that every allegation, every mere allegation be disclosed.”
“We are delighted the judge didn’t retreat” in ordering full disclosure of the names of all the accused, not just the credibly accused, said attorney Jeff Anderson in an interview Friday.
The judge “tilted in favor of safety for children,” he said.
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