MINNESOTA
Winona Daily News
The Diocese of Winona announced Monday morning that it plans to release new details about the 13 priests who have been credibly accused of abuse while serving in the diocese.
The diocese plans to release the information at an 11 a.m. news conference. It didn’t detail what will be released, though it did say the information “protects the victims and the innocent” and complies with privacy laws related to medical and mental-health information.
“We are committed first and foremost for the compassionate healing for the victims and their families,” said Bishop John Quinn in a statement. “We remain steadfast to finding and telling the truth and are vigilantly committed to ensuring these unspeakable crimes against children never happen again.”
The abuse occurred primarily in the 1970s and 1980s. Nine of the 13 priests on the list are deceased, two have been laicized, and two are pending laicization. None are in active ministry.
The highest-profile priest on the list, Thomas Adamson, has admitted to having sexual contact with at least a dozen boys over two decades of ministry, stopping only when one of his victims came forward publicly in 1984. He continues to draw a monthly pension check from the diocese, as required by law, the diocese has said.
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