Monks accused of FIVE DECADES of sexual abuse of children at Minnesota abbey – and one is alleged to have had 200 victims

MINNESOTA
Daily Mail (UK)

By REGINA F. GRAHAM FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Shocking sex abuse allegations against 19 monks in Minnesota have been revealed in previously secret files.

The files on several monks from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota were made public Tuesday and suggest that 19 of the men may have abused hundreds of children for more than five decades.

Attorney Jeff Anderson released the files of five of those monks – two of whom are now deceased – to encourage victims to step forward because the statute of limitations on the Child Protection Act runs out in just six months.

St. John’s Abbey agreed to release the files as part of a court settlement with a victim who was known only as John Doe No.2, KMSP reported.

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