MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon and Marino Eccher
Pioneer Press
POSTED: 12/03/2014
The woman who accused the Rev. Mark Huberty of becoming sexually involved with her while providing spiritual advice testified Wednesday that she went to the police so that he would not be placed in another parish.
She got to know Huberty when he arrived at his most recent church, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood.
The woman told the Ramsey County jury deciding his case that he asked her in January 2013 if she would be his friend.
“He was very lonely at that time,” she said. “I was just so excited to have a male friend where there would be no sexual innuendo, no sex at all.”
For several years, she had sought spiritual counsel and advice from him, beginning when a family member suddenly died. She told Huberty about her struggles with depression, anxiety and stress.
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