MINNEAPOLIS (MN)
KSTP
August 22, 2018
An attorney for victims of clergy sex abuse wants Gov. Mark Dayton to convene grand juries to investigate alleged cover-ups by Catholic bishops in Minnesota.
Attorney Jeff Anderson said Wednesday he was inspired by a grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania that showed about 300 priests in the state had molested more than 1,000 children.
But Minnesota’s statutes on grand juries say nothing about governors having the power to call grand juries. That power resides with county attorneys and district judges.
Through the declaration of bankruptcy by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and by other diocese in the state, Anderson said a lot has been done to bring justice to victims.
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