MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
by Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio
October 4, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police have obtained a copy of the pornography-filled computer files belonging to a priest in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Joe Ternus, of Hugo, Minn., gave police the files, which came from a computer that once belonged to the Rev. Jonathan Shelley. The files contained thousands of pornographic images, including some that may have included minors.
Earlier this week, police closed a child pornography investigation into Shelley for lack of evidence. St. Paul police said today that they will review the hard drive and decide whether to reopen a criminal case against him.
Ternus discovered the images 10 years ago after a parish official gave Ternus’ father Shelley’s computer. Ternus said he contacted St. Paul police today to tell them that he made a copy of a large part of Shelley’s hard drive before he turned over the computer to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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