Category Archives: St. John’s History

Scandal at the Abbey – Part 1

Posted on December 13, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, LINKUP, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, St. John's History, Timothy Kelly

Its reputation for learning and liturgy, publishing and holiness, ecumenism and even bread-making are legendary and have grown over its 146-year existence, making St. John’s Abbey here — with its impressive abbey church and signature bell tower — a jewel … Continue reading →

Abbey could offer guidance amid scandal

Posted on May 5, 2002
Posted in David Clohessy, John Klassen, Richard Sipe, SNAP, St. John's History

In an idyllic campus setting 80 miles from the Twin Cities, the world’s largest Benedictine abbey houses a university, prep school, monastery _ and more than a dozen monks under restrictions for life for sexually abusing adolescents or young adults.