Letter to Br. Paul-Vincent Niebauer

Posted on May 11, 2011
Posted in Dan Ward, Jerome Tupa, John Klassen, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Tom Andert

“I sometimes feel that the abbey has used us who were notorious offenders as scapegoats for the sexual dysfunction that was more widespread in the community. I am willing to take responsibility for my actions but I am not the entire cause of monastic sexual dysfunction and its … reputation.” – Anonymous Monk from Saint John’s Abbey

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Unfair reporting hurts St. John’s

Posted on May 8, 2011
Posted in Abbey Schola, Eric Loehr, Jim Smith, John Gagliardi, Opinion, Paul Richards, Robert Koopmann

“Hospitality runs rampant within the St. John’s Abbey and, as a music major, this is clear at student recitals, largely attended by the monks in support of the students.”

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Monastery technology spikes novice interest

Posted on May 6, 2011
Posted in BS, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, PR Machine

“The first thing I tell the men coming in is the information about the past cases,” Niebauer said. “I don’t want them to be blind-sided or to present something that is other than what it is. They appreciate that, and I think that transparency is the best policy.” – Br. Paul-Vincent Niebauer

 

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Paul Richards Talks the Talk

Posted on May 4, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, John Klassen, Paul Richards

Br. Paul Richards, sub-prior and spokesperson for Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota recently commented [ View ] on allegations of misconduct by Fr. Francisco Schulte after a lawsuit was filed against Fr. Schulte in Puerto Rico on Monday, alleging abuse at San Antonio Abad school in Humacao, Puerto Rico. “We do not tolerate sexual misconduct in any form,” said Richards.

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PR man claims he was abused by priest

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Patrick Noaker, Paul Richards, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rican man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest affiliated with a Minnesota abbey filed a lawsuit Monday against his alleged abuser and the religious order that runs the abbey.

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St. Ben’s Response Self-Serving

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Ann Marie Biermaier, Dan Ward, Dunstan Moorse, John Klassen, Nancy Bauer

During a ten minute phone call on Monday, April 25, 2011, Sister Ann Marie Biermaier was made aware that allegations of sexual misconduct (by her) had surfaced, involving a minor in the 1970s. Over the next eight days, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict had to decide how to deal with the allegations.

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Photos: San Antonio Abad

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

Two survivors of abuse by St.  John’s Abbey’s Fr. Raymond “Francisco” Schulte visited Colegio San Antonio Abad in Humacao, Puerto Rico on Sunday, May 1, 2011.

Both men were abused by Fr. Schulte while attending the high school in the late 1970’s.

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Radican demanda federal contra religioso (Video)

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Patrick Noaker, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

(El Nuevo Dia) Dos abogados norteamericanos expertos en casos de abuso sexual contra menores radicaron en la mañana de ayer una demanda en el Tribunal Federal a nombre de un hombre de 46 años que, según adelantó este diario, alega haber sido abusado por un religioso mientras estudiaba en el Colegio San Antonio Abad, de Humacao, hace 33 años.

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Recurso en Tribunal federal contra sacerdote y orden religiosa

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Patrick Noaker, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

(EL VOCERO) El sacerdote Raymond Francisco Schulte y la orden de San Benito, fueron demandados en el Tribunal federal por una alegada víctima de abuso sexual en el 1977 mientras estudiaba en el Colegio San Antonio Abad de Humacao.

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PR man claims he was abused by priest

Posted on May 3, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Patrick Noaker, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

(AP) A Puerto Rican man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest affiliated with a Minnesota abbey filed a lawsuit Monday against his alleged abuser and the religious order that runs the abbey.

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Puerto Rico suit accuses St. John’s Abbey monk of sexual abuse

Posted on May 2, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Michael Ford, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

(SC Times) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A lawsuit filed Monday in a Puerto Rico court accuses a St. John’s Abbey monk of sexually abusing a teenager in 1978 at a boarding school in Humacao.

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Demandan a ex capellán y Principal de colegio católico

Posted on May 2, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

SAN JUAN — Un ex estudiante del Colegio Católico San Antonio Abad de Humacao demandó por daños y perjuicios al ex capellán y Principal de la institución y por abusar sexualmente de él mientras era estudiante de octavo grado a finales de la década del 1970.

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Lawsuit Filed in Puerto Rico (Video)

Posted on May 2, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Patrick Noaker, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

At a news conference this afternoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico, attorneys Jeff Anderson and Patrick Noaker announced that a lawsuit had been filed against a St. John’s Abbey monk Father Raymond “Francisco” Schulte, St. John’s Abbey and the Order of St. Benedict.

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Raymond Schulte… San Antonio Abad, Class of ’71

Posted on May 1, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

Fr . Francisco Schulte, a monk/priest from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA), has been accused of sexually abusing at least four students at Colegio San Antonio Abad (High School) in Humacao, Puerto Rico in the late 1970’s.

Ray Schulte graduated from San Antonio Abad in 1971.

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Fr. Francisco Schulte’s Timeline/Victims

Posted on May 1, 2011
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Francisco Schulte, John Kelly, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

Born: February 26, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Professed: July 11, 1974
Ordained: January 19, 1979

Known Victims: 9
Age of Victims: 12-17
Location: Puerto Rico, Minnesota, North Carolina, Mexico

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More History: San Antonio Abad

Posted on April 30, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

Equally significant was the year 1973, the year of the first novitiate which would include candidates for the brotherhood and the priesthood. Fr. Jaime Reyes, liturgist, teacher, and theologian, was put in charge of novices Raymond Schulte (from North Carolina), Oscar Rivera (of Barranquitas), and Raphael Perez (the first native vocation of Humacao).

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A Partial History: St. John’s in Puerto Rico

Posted on April 30, 2011
Posted in Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

This school, known as Escuela San Antonio Abad, opened in September 1950. It was a free school for one hundred boys of the region and offered academic courses and prevocational training in mechanics, carpentry, and agriculture.

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St. John’s Abbey Monks in Humacao, Puerto Rico

Posted on April 30, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jerome Coller, Puerto Rico, Roger Botz, San Antonio Abad, Thomas Gillespie, Zacheus Zuehlke

Accused of Misconduct (in Puerto Rico):

Roger Botz (1962-1967)
Jerome Coller (1963-1965)
Thomas Gillespie (1968-1975)
Francisco Schulte (1977-1981)
Zacheus Zuehlke (1977-1978)

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Buscan víctimas por abuso sexual en Humacao

Posted on April 30, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Humacao, Patrick Noaker, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

Los abogados Jeff Anderson y Patrick Noaker -conocidos por su cruzada en contra del abuso sexual de menores- ofrecerán detalles este lunes de una demanda incoada contra la orden religiosa de San Benito y un sacerdote norteamericano que alegadamente abusó de un estudiante de 14 años del Colegio San Antonio Abad de Humacao.

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Second suit alleges abuse by St. John’s monk

Posted on April 29, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Michael Ford, Puerto Rico, San Antonio Abad

(SC Times) A news conference has been scheduled for Monday in front of the Federico Degetau Federal Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to announce a new lawsuit against a St. John’s Abbey monk and the Order of St. Benedict on behalf of a Puerto Rican man.

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