Category Archives: Pat Marker

Saint John’s Abbey Names External Review Board

Posted on June 17, 2003
Posted in Charles A. Flinn, David Baraga, David G. Farrington, Janet Robert, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Kate Lally, Pat Marker, Review Board, Susan Fuchs-Hoeschen

June 17, 2003 — Abbot John Klassen, OSB, of Saint John’s Abbey today announced the membership and the mission of an External Review Board to review allegations of sexual misconduct against members of the abbey and to provide advice on … Continue reading →

Decades Of Abuse And Secrecy At St. John’s Abbey

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Columba Stewart, Dunstan Moorse, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Robert Stich, SG

As allegations of sex abuse and coverup in the Catholic Church shook the nation this year, St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., confronted its own dark past. Former students came forward, some for the first time, to talk about what … Continue reading →

2 abbey priests leave jobs that involved the public

Posted on July 10, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, BS, Fran Hoefgen, John Klassen, Pat Marker, William Skudlarek

Two St. John’s Abbey priests on restriction for sexual misconduct have stepped down from abbey jobs in which they interacted with the public, an abbey official confirmed Tuesday.

Sex abuse victim dedicates Web site to others stories

Posted on June 8, 2002
Posted in John Klassen, Pat Marker

Pat Marker was one of the first victims to make public his story of sexual abuse at the hands of a St. John’s Abbey priest. Marker’s allegations against the Rev. Dunstan Moorse led to a lawsuit and a settlement, but … Continue reading →

Lawsuit Widens Claims of Abuse

Posted on June 7, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Thomas Gillespie, William Skudlarek

Declaring themselves victims of sexual abuse and claiming that St. John’s Abbey has covered up such abuse for decades, two former prep school students on Thursday sued the abbey and two priests already living under restrictions because of sexual misconduct.

Alleged Victim Settles Sex Case

Posted on November 6, 1992
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Pat Marker

While the battle is over for one man in his sexual abuse litigation against a former St. John’s Preparatory School priest [Moorse], the war against such alleged activity at the school has only just begun.