{"id":9254,"date":"2015-08-24T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T05:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2015-08-24T22:55:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T05:55:17","slug":"andert-taylor-ward-backous-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/andert-taylor-ward-backous-under-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Andert, Taylor, Ward, Backous &#8220;Under Investigation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation into misconduct by Father Tom Andert is reportedly underway [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/monastery-prior-steps-aside-pending-investigation\/\">Link<\/a> ]. The results of three previously announced &#8220;investigations&#8221; into alleged abuse by three monk perpetrators (Fathers Dan Ward, Mel Taylor and Timothy Backous) have yet to be make public.<\/p>\n<p>Will the investigation into Father Tom Andert\u00a0be any different?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->*** Father Dan Ward and Father Mel Taylor (Fox 9)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-bring-two-monks-under-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>behindthepinecurtain.com\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/allegations-of-<wbr \/>sexual-misconduct-bring-two-<wbr \/>monks-under-investigation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two monks from St. John\u2019s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota are under\u00a0investigation for sexual misconduct allegations that date back\u00a0decades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*** Father Timothy Backous (City Pages)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/letter-to-catholic-church-officials-calls-for-father-timothy-backous-removal-from-ministry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>behindthepinecurtain.com\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/letter-to-catholic-<wbr \/>church-officials-calls-for-<wbr \/>father-timothy-backous-<wbr \/>removal-from-ministry\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jim Accurso, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Minneaopolis and St.\u00a0Paul, which also received a copy of the letter, says he\u2019s opened his\u00a0own investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*** Father Tom Andert (MPR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2015\/08\/20\/monastery-prior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/<wbr \/>2015\/08\/20\/monastery-prior<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senna declined to provide further details about the complaint. He\u00a0said the abbey had referred the allegation to its review board for\u00a0investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation into misconduct by Father Tom Andert is reportedly underway [ Link ]. The results of three previously announced &#8220;investigations&#8221; into alleged abuse by three monk perpetrators (Fathers Dan Ward, Mel Taylor and Timothy Backous) have yet to be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/andert-taylor-ward-backous-under-investigation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,45,140,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dan-ward","category-mel-taylor","category-tim-backous","category-tom-andert","wp-image-borders"],"views":1897,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9276,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254\/revisions\/9276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}