Fr. Francis R. Reid
On 1/24/14, the Crookston diocese released a list of accused persons, including Reid, who previously was not publicly known to be accused. The diocese provided no information about the allegations against him. He was trained at Mount St Bernard Seminary in Dubuque IA and St Procopius Seminary in Lisle IL. Reid was ordained in Omaha but worked in the Crookston diocese his entire career as a parish priest. He was reportedly removed from ministry on 7/1/92 but is subsequently listed in the Official Catholic Directory as in residence at St Michael’s in Mahnomen 1992-1997, after which he is listed as living in Park Rapids. After the USCCB’s Dallas meeting, he was dropped from the Directory in 2003, only to reappear with his death on 11/15/07.
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