MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By ELIZABETH MOHR | emohr@pioneerpress.com
March 17, 2016
A Roseville priest has been reinstated after investigations by St. Paul police and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis showed no evidence of a crime.
The Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick, pastor at Corpus Christi parish and St. Rose of Lima parish and school, went on leave in August following an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the 1980s. He denied the allegation.
“Law enforcement completed their investigation and closed their case based on a lack of evidence and the statute of limitations,” a statement from the archdiocese said Thursday. “With authorization from law enforcement, the archdiocese commenced its own investigation of the allegation.”
The Archdiocesan Ministerial Review Board, composed primarily of laypersons, reviewed the case and determined “there was not a reasonable basis to find that the alleged abuse occurred.”
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