MINNESOTA
Northlands News Center
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By Eden Checkol
July 9, 2015
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) — Seven priests have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children, and five of those priests served in Duluth for a portion of their priesthood.
Attorney Jeff Anderson, who represents sex-abuse survivors, released the names of the seven priests Tuesday, after a settlement was reached between a man identified as Doe 30 and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a Catholic order of priests and brothers.
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The names of the priests are: Orville Lawrence Munie, Michael Charland, James Vincent Fitzgerald, Robert Reitmeier, Emil Twardochleb, Paul Kabat and Thomas Meyer.
A lawsuit Doe 30 filed against Fitzgerald led to the release of the six other names.
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