MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: JEAN HOPFENSPERGER , Star Tribune Updated: January 3, 2014
33 priests are on latest church list of priests accused of abusing minors.
The St. Cloud Diocese on Friday released the names of 33 priests that have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct with children.
“It is my hope that the release of these names will provide validation to those victims who have been sexually abused and have already come forward,” St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler said in a statement released Friday afternoon. …
The names on the list are of priests accused of child sexual misconduct for 50 years, ending in 2004. It was compiled by the diocese for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The names are: Robert Blumeyer, Michael Brennan, Anthony Canu, Cosmos Dalheimer, John Eccleston, Richard Eckroth, Sylvester Gall, William Garding, Raoul Gauthier, Thomas Gillespie, Stanislaus Goryczka, Francis Hoefgen, Othmar Hohmann, Raymond Jacques, Val Klimek, Reginald Krakowski, Joseph Kremer, Richard Kujawa, Henry Lutgen, Brennan Maiers, James Mohm, Donald Rieder, Francisco Schulte, Robert Smith, Peter Snyers, Allan Speiser, James Thoennes, Roger Vaughn, Michael Weber, William Wey, Adelbert Wolski, Vincent Yzermanns, Francis Zilkowski.
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