MINNESOTA
St. Cloud Times
Written by
Frank Lee
The Diocese of St. Cloud released a list of Central Minnesota clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse Friday amid pressure from a sex abuse survivor and his attorneys.
Bishop Donald Kettler released the names of clergy involved in incidents of “likely claims of sexual abuse of minors,” according to Jane Marrin, communications consultant for the diocese.
“We’ve been working on this for a couple of weeks, so the lawsuit that was filed was done in the middle of compiling this information,” Marrin said.
Abuse survivor Robert Ethen of Sartell and his attorneys, Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant, spoke at a news conference Thursday in Waite Park.
The list was emailed to local media outlets by the diocese Friday afternoon.
“An investigation was done in each case, in some instances by the civil authorities and in some instances by the church authorities,” she said. …
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