MINNESOTA
St. Cloud Times
Written by
Marta Jewson
Sexual abuse survivor Robert Ethen and his attorneys, Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant, are calling for Bishop Donald Kettler to release a list of 26 priests in the St. Cloud diocese accused of sexual abuse.
At a news conference Thursday Anderson said a civil lawsuit filed this week in Stearns County District Court was an “invitation” for Kettler to “step up and simply do the right thing.”
Anderson, who represents many clergy sex abuse victims, said he believes there are likely many more abusers, and their names must be publicly released to protect the community.
Ethen said when he first went to inform the local diocese of the abuse he was nervous he would not be taken seriously. But when he named Father James A. Thoennes as the offender, he said, the person he was talking to pulled out a large file tied to the priest.
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