MINNESOTA
Winona Daily News
Jerome Christenson Daily News
The Bishop believes.
Bishop John Quinn, at a Monday-morning news conference the Diocese of Winona held to release new information on sexual abuse alleged against 13 former priests of the Winona diocese, said he believes the abuse actually did take place.
“They don’t make these things up,” he said of those who have come forward to report sexual abuse.
Quinn spoke candidly and at length about the cases, acknowledging the “deep wounds” inflicted by abusive clergy and offering his apologies to “anyone who has been harmed.”
“Words cannot express my deep sorrow,” he said.
Prior to the bishop’s statement, the Diocese distributed a summary of the accusations made against each priest, including a photo, brief biography and a list of their pastoral assignments, as well as the number of accusations made against each and when they were made.
The information, which did not go into detail about any of the accusations, built upon the list of names the diocese released in December 2013 in response to an ongoing lawsuit against both the diocese and the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis.
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