Notice to NCYC Alumnae and Parents/Guardians

Posted on July 26, 2019
Posted in Anthony Ruff, National Catholic Youth Choir, Saint John's Boys' Choir

It grieves us deeply to inform you that a minor who participated in the recently-concluded National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) summer camp has made a serious report alleging misconduct by an adult associated with the camp.

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Vatican official reportedly pushed back on McCarrick career advances

Posted on September 29, 2018
Posted in Carlo Maria Vigano, Richard Sipe, Theodore McCarrick
[Excerpt] In his letter, [Richard] Sipe claimed that the abuse crisis in the U.S. was a systemic problem, and to drive the point home, he cited examples from both the Archdiocese of Washington, and from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Source: https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/09/28/vatican-official-reportedly-pushed-back-on-mccarrick-career-advances/

A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Voice on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85

Posted on August 10, 2018
Posted in Richard Sipe

(NY Times) A. W. Richard Sipe, a researcher, psychotherapist and former priest who spent his life studying the roots of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, becoming one of the subject’s leading experts, died on Wednesday in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego. He was 85.

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(WCCO) St. Cloud Priest Arrested On Suspicion Of Criminal Sexual Conduct

Posted on February 13, 2018
Posted in Anthony Oelrich

(WCCO) According to Stearns County Jail records, 51-year-old Father Tony Oelrich of the Christ Church Newman Center Catholic Student Community was arrested on suspicion of third degree criminal sexual conduct. The nature of the accusations won’t be revealed until prosecutors formally file charges.

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(SC Times) St. Cloud priest arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with adult

Posted on February 13, 2018
Posted in Anthony Oelrich

St. Cloud police arrested a priest who serves in the Diocese of St. Cloud Tuesday morning.

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Send Messages to Father Tony at St. Luke’s Institute

Posted on February 13, 2018
Posted in Anthony Oelrich, Bob Rolfes

The January 4, 2015 church bulletin at St. Mary’s Cathedral – Diocese of Saint Cloud included this message from Father Bob Rolfes, asking that parishioners send mail to Father Tony Oelrich (SOT ’92) at St. Luke’s Institute.

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Father Tony Oelrich (SOT ’92) Arrested

Posted on February 13, 2018
Posted in Anthony Oelrich

More on Father Tony Oelrich… Here

Father Anthony Joseph Oelrich was reportedly arrested earlier today and is currently being held at the Stearns County Jail. Father Tony is a ’92 graduate of the Saint John’s School of Theology•Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA) and is an employee at the Newman Center at Saint Cloud State University.  Fr. Tony also serves as the Director of Continuing Education for clergy in the St. Cloud Diocese.

Jail Roster: Link
Charges: Crim Sex 3 (Statute)

 

(aka Tony Olerich)

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Regarding Father Anthony “Tony” Oelrich

Posted on February 13, 2018
Posted in Anthony Oelrich

In 1992, Father Anthony Joseph Oelrich graduated from the Saint John’s School of Theology•Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA). Arrested February 13, 2018

Additional information about Father Tony Olerich:

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15 Years Later, Josh Guimond’s Disappearance Still Unsolved

Posted on November 7, 2017
Posted in Joshua Guimond

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A student at a Minnesota Catholic college vanished in the middle of the night. This week marks 15 years since Josh Guimond went missing from St. John’s University.

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(Star Tribune) Twin Cities Archdiocese releases names of 19 men suspected of sexually abusing minors

Posted on November 4, 2017
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Jim Phillips, Othmar Hohmann, Pirmim Wendt

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Friday afternoon released the names of 19 deceased or former priests or members of religious orders against whom it now acknowledges “substantiated claims of sexual abuse of minors.”

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(Star Tribune) St. John’s Abbey adds three new names to clergy abuse file

Posted on September 19, 2017
Posted in Augustine Strub, Casimir Plakut, James Kelly

The names of three priests from St. John’s Abbey who sexually abused children in parishes across Minnesota were made public for the first time Tuesday.

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Rev. Finian McDonald’s Obituary: More Deception

Posted on February 16, 2017
Posted in Finian McDonald, John Klassen, Obituary

“The walkers that Rev. Finian McDonald “startled” while riding his bike around the Central Minnesota campus had it easy compared to the children and young adults that McDonald sexually assaulted as he taught, perfected, counseled and otherwise pretended to be a man of God — while his brothers and colleagues who knew better looked the other way.” – Admin

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The secret bootlegging history of Stearns County

Posted on January 27, 2017
Posted in Uncategorized

‘In St. Cloud during the Great Depression and Prohibition days, the monks of St. John’s Abbey ran and owned, in the area today known as Collegeville, the biggest moonshine-brewing still in Stearns County, and whenever the feds came sniffing around looking to bust the holy bootleggers, the monks would put down their whiskey, pull up their cowls, and, as the song goes, pretend to pray.’
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Man convicted of sexual abuse to face child rape charge in Mass

Posted on August 2, 2016
Posted in Matthew Feeney
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s.]

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Matthew Feeney to stand trial in Massachusetts

Posted on August 2, 2016
Posted in Matthew Feeney
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s. The leadership at the Church of Saint Joseph has been under fire for covering up allegations of sexual and other misconduct.]

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2 Victims Sexually Abused by Minnesota Casting Director Awarded $2.1 Million

Posted on July 28, 2016
Posted in Jerome Tupa, Matthew Feeney
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s. The leadership at the Church of Saint Joseph has been under fire for covering up allegations of sexual and other misconduct.]

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Victims abused by Minnesota casting director awarded more than $2 million

Posted on July 28, 2016
Posted in Matthew Feeney

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Two brothers have been awarded more than $2 million by a Hennepin County jury for the sexual abuse they suffered from former casting director Matthew Feeney. After three and a half hours of deliberations on Wednesday, the jury awarded the money to the victims.

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Lawsuit Filed re Father Doug Mullin, OSB

Posted on July 25, 2016
Posted in Douglas Mullin

On Wednesday, June 20, Saint John’s Abbey filed seven lawsuits with Stearns County Court in Saint Cloud. These suits were served against Saint John’s by plaintiffs’ attorneys in the final weeks of the window created by the Minnesota Child Victims Act, which closed May 25. However, the lawsuits were not filed in court at that time.

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Nine Monks Among Claims Against the Diocese of St. Cloud

Posted on June 2, 2016
Posted in Uncategorized

Allegations of abuse were made against the following clergy members in the lawsuits against the Diocese of St. Cloud during the three-year window of the Minnesota Child Victims Act, which expired May 25.

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Diocese served with dozens of lawsuits

Posted on May 23, 2016
Posted in Child Victims Act

The Diocese of St. Cloud on Monday was served with several dozen civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse against children by former monks and priests who were assigned positions within the diocese.

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