MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran St. Paul, Minn. Oct 13, 2014
Updated 2 p.m.
Attorneys connected to a landmark public nuisance lawsuit against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona confirmed Monday that a settlement had been reached and that the case has been dismissed.
“We’ve forged a new way and that new way is an action plan that not only protects kids in the future but honors the pain and sorrow and the grief of survivors in the past,” Attorney Jeff Anderson said in an afternoon press conference with church officials where he offered details of the settlement.
It was unclear, however, how much of the agreement involved new actions by the Catholic Church.
In a statement, the Winona diocese said the settlement “reaffirms” child protection policies it already has in place.
“Today is not a promise of future action. Today is the announcement of actions already taken, and the steps we will follow on a path of healing and reconciliation, restitution,” Archdiocese Vicar General Charles Lachowitzer told reporters.
Anderson laid out 17 “child protection protocols” at the heart of the agreement.
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