Category Archives: 2013 Archdiocesan List

Tracking the Public Lists

Since 2002, twenty-three members (see chart, below) of the Saint John’s monastic community have been publicly listed as having credible allegations of misconduct.

Archbishop Nienstedt: ‘I overlooked this’

(Fox 9) – Archbishop John Nienstedt spoke at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Edina on Sunday regarding priest sexual misconduct and the failure to release those accused, admitting he “should have investigated it a lot more than [he] did.”

Archdiocesan List… Omission #3 (Bik)

Rev. Michael Bik’s name does not appear on the recently released archdiocesan list [ View ].

Omissions from the Archdiocesan List

Based upon the stated criteria, several names should have been included on the list released by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on December 5, 2013:

Archdiocesan List… Omission #2 (Blumeyer)

Rev. Robert Blumeyer’s name does not appear on the recently released archdiocesan list [ View ].

Archdiocesan List… Omission #1 (Gillespie)

Rev. Thomas Gillespie’s name does not appear on the recently released archdiocesan list [ View ].

Archdiocese List Includes Three Abbey Monks

Released earlier today, the partial list of thirty (30) offending priests within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis includes three monks from Saint John’s Abbey (bold, below).

Judge orders St. Paul archdiocese, Winona diocese, to release lists of accused priests

(Star Tribune) The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as the Diocese of Winona, must release the names of 46 priests accused of sexually abusing minors, a Ramsey County District Court judge ruled Monday. He set a deadline … Continue reading