Here<\/a><\/p>\nFourteen of the priests have died. All 17 were removed from the church, are under investigation or were dead when the accusations arose, the Duluth News Tribune reported.<\/p>\n
Among those on the list are the Rev. Angelo Zankl, a priest and monk at St. John\u2019s Abbey who died in 2007 at age 106. He was deceased at the time of the allegation, according to the Duluth diocese website.<\/p>\n
Zankl served at St. Clement\u2019s in Duluth from 1951 to 1967 and as a chaplain at the St. Scholastica Priory from 1974-87.<\/p>\n
According to the St. Cloud Times archives, Zankl was head of the St. John\u2019s University art department in 1934 when he designed the university\u2019s seal. He taught theology at St. John\u2019s Seminary and served as the university\u2019s dean of men.<\/p>\n
Zankl has not been included on previous lists of credibly accused clergy. Brother Aelred Senna, spokesman for St. John\u2019s Abbey, said in an email response to the Times that the abbey only learned of the allegations involving Zankl as the Duluth diocese was assembling the list.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn accordance with our policy regarding new allegations, we will review the issue and proceed with an evaluation,\u201d Senna wrote.<\/p>\n
The list also mentions five priests with ties to the Duluth area, who were accused while working elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Those five include the Rev. Brennan Maiers, who is listed as living on restrictions at St. John\u2019s Abbey in Collegeville. He was permanently removed from ministry in June 2002, according to the Duluth diocese.<\/p>\n
Maiers was also included in lists of credibly accused clergy released earlier in December by St. John\u2019s Abbey and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Also named on the Duluth list, among the five with ties to the Duluth area, is the Rev. Othmar Hohmann, a priest from St. John\u2019s Abbey who died in 1980. Hohmann served as assistant pastor at St. John\u2019s Church in Grand Rapids from 1966-76.<\/p>\n
Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba said the diocese is releasing its list to bring healing on the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe release of this information underscores a sad truth that must be acknowledged: Over the last 65 years, a number of clergy members in the Diocese of Duluth have violated the sacred trust placed in them by children, youth and their families,\u201d Sirba said at a news conference.<\/p>\n
The release comes several weeks after a lawsuit was filed against the Duluth diocese on behalf of an anonymous man who alleges he was abused by a priest during the 1970s. The lawsuit asked the court to order the release of the list.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges the diocese was aware of previous abuse allegations against the priest but continued to let him work with children.<\/p>\n
Within the past few weeks, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona released lists of credibly accused priests, complying with a court order.<\/p>\n
In all three dioceses, demands for release of the lists were part of lawsuits filed by Jeff Anderson & Associates, a St. Paul law firm.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny time they release information, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, it is a step in the right direction,\u201d Anderson told the Star Tribune.<\/p>\n
The Duluth list is among those compiled by all dioceses a decade ago in response to a new child protection charter created by U.S. bishops. That list includes the names of credibly accused clergy from 1950 to 2002.<\/p>\n
The full list released Tuesday by the Diocese of Duluth:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Kirby Blanchard<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Louis Brouillard<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Victor Chateauvert<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Leonard Colston<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Raymond Cossette<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Frederick Fox<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. John Golobich<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Ralph Goniea<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Robert Klein<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Mark Makowski<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. (Thomas) Gregory Manning<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. John Nicholson<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Dennis Puhl<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Thomas Stack<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Joseph Thibaudeau<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Stephen Toporowitz<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Angelo Zankl<\/p>\n
\u2022 Un-named accused person no longer in ministry<\/p>\n
Listed under \u201cAddendum\u201d:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Cornelius Kelleher<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. J. Vincent Fitzgerald<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Othmar Hohmann<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Richard Jeub<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Rev. Brennan Maiers<\/p>\n
Read Entire Article and View Comments\u2026\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\nDuluth list of accused priests includes 3 with Collegeville ties
\nSaint Cloud Times
\nDecember 31, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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