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Sep 7, 2006  - Abuse allegations shake St. John’s Abbey
Filed Under: BS,Bruce Wollmering,Dunstan Moorse,John Klassen,Michael Bik,Pat Marker,Robert Blumeyer,SG

From September, 2006:

Marker: “Extensive research shows more monks will be named and more victims will come forward”
Klassen: “That is totally an unfounded, false statement. I mean false”

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May 28, 2002  - Abbot Klassen’s Letter Supporting Allen Tarlton’s Deception
Filed Under: Abbot Apologies,Allen Tarlton,BS,John Klassen,Oblates,SG

Note: The following letter was written by Abbot John Klassen, in support of Allen Tarlton and a letter Tarlton wrote to the members of the Oblates program. Abbot Klassen knew, when he wrote his letter, that Father Tarlton had more than one victim. In fact, at the time this letter was written, Tarlton was known to have had acted inappropriately with at least six University and Prep School students. That number is now over a dozen. The Abbey has settled complaints with several of Tarlton’s victims. The Abbot also knew that other claims made in Tarlton’s letter were inaccurate.
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Apr 25, 2002  - Abuse in the Abbey Shocks Community
Filed Under: Allen Tarlton,BS,Brennan Maiers,Cosmas Dahlheimer,Dietrich Reinhart,Dunstan Moorse,Finian McDonald,Fran Hoefgen,John Eidenschink,John Kelly,John Klassen,Monk Travel,Restricted List,Richard Eckroth,SG,The Liturgical Press

The revelation that a former St. John’s abbot committed sexual abuse in the 1970s rocked the local community this week and left the monastery in a state of shock.
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