Category Archives: Melvin Valvano

After Michael Hahn’s Unwanted Sexual Advances

Posted on September 23, 2026
Posted in Andre Bennett, Andrew Dirksen, Anthony Ruff, Dennis Beach, Don Tauscher, Donald Kettler, Dunstan Moorse, Ellen Campbell-Reed, Eric Hollas, Francisco Schulte, Garth Unke, Jerome Tupa, Joachim Watrin, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, John Moeska, Joshua Guimond, Judy Bednar, Lewis Grobe, Melvin Valvano, Michael Leonard Hahn, Nick Hydukovich, Olga Zenteno, Robert Koopmann, Robert Stich, Stacey Sever

The individual identified as a “solemnly professed confrere,” who engaged in conduct characterized as “unwanted sexual advances” toward a junior member of the monastic community, was Reverend Michael‑Leonard Hahn, O.S.B. Said individual presently identifies as Michael Hahn, Ph.D. According to … Continue reading →

Abbot Timothy Kelly Elected, Blessed

Posted on January 1, 2003
Posted in Baldwin Dworschak, Jerome Hanus, Jonathan Licari, Melvin Valvano, Timothy Kelly

At the end of the mass Abbot Timothy noted that the shepherd’s staff he had received pointed to the teaching of Saint Benedict that the abbot is “believed to hold the place of Christ in the monastery.” He is taking … Continue reading →

Abbot Timothy Kelly to Resign, Election Set for November

Posted on July 1, 2000
Posted in Melvin Valvano, Timothy Kelly

A few knew last December. Others wondered–because of the 1995 decision of the American Cassinese General Chapter that changed the required resignation of abbots from 65 to 75 years of age–if Abbot Timothy Kelly, Ninth Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey, … Continue reading →