MINNESOTA
Lillie News
By: Mike Munzenrider
Roseville priest reinstated after investigation of sex abuse allegations
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced March 17 the reinstatement of a Roseville priest who took a leave of absence in August following accusations of sexual abuse.
The Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, pastor of Saint Rose of Lima and Corpus Christi Roman Catholic churches, was accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1980s. He denied the allegations, the archdiocese release said, and took the leave of absence voluntarily.
At the time of the leave of absence, the archdiocese termed the allegations “credible” and “not manifestly false or frivolous.”
The most recent statement from the archdiocese said that law enforcement investigators closed the Fitzpatrick case “based on a lack of evidence and the statute of limitations.”
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