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Funeral homily for Father Paul Marx, OSB

Father Paul believed that life begins at the moment of conception, that life is a sacred gift from God, and that healthy family life is the most important element of a functioning society. He fought vigorously against abortion, contraception, sterilization, … Continue reading

Restricted Monk visits School Cafeteria

Pedophile priest Brennan Maiers enjoyed breakfast with family members in the college cafeteria this morning. What, exactly, does “restriction” mean? Note: One of Fr. Maier’s victim was nine years old.

New Articles and Documents Added to Archive

We are in the process of adding new articles and documents to this web site. There are currently 214 documents on this web site and we still have 132 documents to post. Many of these documents date back to the … Continue reading

Oblates attend Catholic Studies talk by Abbot John Klassen

Oblates were invited for Evening Prayer and supper with the sisters before Abbot John Klassen of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville opened the series of Catholic Studies talks with Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century. Quite a sizable … Continue reading

Abbot John Klassen: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century

Abbot John Klassen of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville opened the series of Catholic Studies talks with Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century. Quite a crowd gathered in Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel for the presentation.

A Scarred Church Faces the New Century

Theologian John Klassen will speak on “Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces the New Century,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on The College of St. Scholastica campus. The lecture is free and open … Continue reading

Message: Blane Wasnie

“Blaine Wasnie has alway been and will always be a VERY difficult, angry, abusive man. Any member of the monastic community knows this and he should NEVER be in a position to interact with lay people.”

Blane Wasnie – St. Benedict Church in Avon

According to a staff member at St. Benedict Church in Avon, MN, Father Blane Wasnie is “out” this week but will return next week. Allegations of misconduct by the priest were recently uncovered.

Fr. Jonathan Licari

An update regarding Fr. Licari will be available soon. Addition Search terms: Fr. Jonathon Licari

Regarding Tom Andert

Fr. Tom Andert, OSB, unless I’m very much mistaken, was part and parcel of the sexual underground at the Prep School during the ~1980 time frame. While I have no specific allegations of sexual abuse against him, nor do I … Continue reading

Hospitality ala 2010….

Monastic life is often thought of as “counter-cultural” and perhaps this is a radical instance of that. Monks are mysteriously able to tolerate almost anything. – Tim Backous, OSB

Lawsuit Charges Sexual Misconduct against Former Hastings Man

(Hastings Star-Gazette) Minnesota — A deceased former Hastings area resident and priest, who was a counselor at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., for many years, is named in two civil lawsuits filed in Stearns County alleging sexual misconduct as … Continue reading

St. John’s monks vote to return $2M Petters gift, rename building

Another black mark on the Petters name, after Tom Petters was convicted of running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme: The monks of St. John’s Abbey have voted to return a $2 million gift from the Thomas J. Petters Family Foundation … Continue reading

St. John’s Abbey to return $2 million from Petters

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.—The monks of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville have decided to the return $2 million from convicted businessman Tom Petters.

St. John’s Abbey to return $2 million from Petters

(MPR) The monks of St. John’s Abbey voted this week to return a $2 million gift from the Thomas J. Petters Family Foundation for construction of the Petters Pavilion, and to rename the facility.

Another child sexual abuse lawsuit targets St. John’s

A second civil lawsuit has been filed in Stearns County Court against the Benedictine Order at St. John’s Abbey in St. Cloud. It accuses members of the order of covering up the alleged sexual abuse of a teenage boy in … Continue reading

Lawsuit filed against St. John’s abbey

The second lawsuit in two weeks was filed Wednesday against St. John’s Abbey.

New lawsuit says three clerics molested a student

In separate instances, over three years, three Benedictine clerics at St. John’s Abbey and university sexually abused a teenaged student, according to a new civil lawsuit filed today.

Another abuse suit filed against Benedictine Order

For the second time in eight days, a lawsuit was filed against the Benedictine Order at St. John’s Abbey accusing it of covering up the sexual abuse of a student at St. John’s University 25 years ago.

2nd lawsuit filed against St. John’s Abbey

The second lawsuit in two weeks was filed Wednesday against St. John’s Abbey. The lawsuit accuses the abbey of fraud and contends that three monks either solicited or engaged in sexual misconduct with a former St. John’s University student.