ST. PAUL (MN)
Pioneer Press
January 10, 2019
By Sarah Horner
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis continues to meet terms of the settlement agreement it reached with the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office over its handling of clergy sex-abuse, according to court findings.
Ramsey County District Judge Teresa Warner Thursday signed off on the findings of the second of three court-ordered independent audits to monitor the archdiocese’s adherence with the agreement.
The audit, conducted by Stonebridge Business Partners, found the archdiocese to be in “substantial compliance” with the terms of the deal, according to the report released Thursday.
The audit covered the archdiocese’s conduct between July of 2017 and June 30 of last year. The archdiocese was also found in substantial compliance in its first audit report, which was released early last year.
During a court hearing on the second report Thursday, Warner asked the archdiocese’s director of ministerial standards, Timothy O’Malley, if the archdiocese was pushing itself beyond the court’s orders and truly working toward a change in culture.
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