MINNESOTA
Hutchinson Leader
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
By TERRY DAVIS davis@hutchinsonleader.com
The Diocese of New Ulm has been named in 12 Notices of Claim alleging sexual misconduct with a minor by four priests of the diocese, including one who served St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Hutchinson for 11 years.
The Rev. Dennis Becker, the only one of the four still alive, served here from June 1987 to June 1998, before moving on to churches in Kandiyohi and Lake Lillian. He retired in July 2000. He was the only one of the four not previously identified by alleged victims of abuse, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
According to a press release issued by the diocese to area churches March 6, the allegations that put Becker on the list stem from his time at Winsted’s Church of the Holy Trinity in 1964 to 1965, soon after the 1962 ordination of the Lind, Minn., native.
Prior to serving at St. Anastasia, Becker served at Catholic churches in Nassau, Minn., North Mankato, Winsted, Cottonwood, where he also was the city mayor for four years, Clarkfield, DeGraff, Benson and Danvers.
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