Names released in clergy abuse settlement

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(examiner.com) St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson had a press conference on Monday, March 28th, in St. Paul to explain the clergy abuse settlement with St. John’s Abbey of Collegeville. Jeremy McCarthy, an abuse survivor, and the only survivor wishing to speak, stated during the press conference that his desire was that “the more people that come forward, the more light shown on the issue will stop the abuse.” As part of the settlement, the names of 17 monks were released—though none have yet been charged with any crimes.

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St. John’s Abbey/Prep clergy abuse settlement hits snag

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Michael Ford, Settlement Information

(SC Times) ST. PAUL — A key provision of a deal to settle nine of the 12 pending lawsuits against St. John’s Abbey, St. John’s Prep School and 10 clergy members accused of sexual misconduct was in dispute late Monday.

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Victims Released from Confidentiality Clauses

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Settlement Information

In the settlement announced on Monday, victims who previously settled with St. John’s were released from the confidentiality clauses contained within those agreements.

If you were a victim of misconduct, we invite you to tell your story (while maintaining your anonymity) in an effort to inform the public and hold St. John’s accountable.

Per the settlement, the Order of Saint Benedict agrees to perform the following non-monetary actions:

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Former Monks Visited at Home

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Fran Hoefgen, Settlement Information, Steve Lilly

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – Every alumnus of St. John’s University in Collegeville will soon be getting a letter from the school. The letter names 17 priests and monks who the Abbey has identified as having credible allegations of sexual abuse brought against them.

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Abuse victims hope St. John’s settlement leads to change

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(MPR) St. Paul, Minn. — People who attended St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville may soon receive an unusual letter in the mail. According to a settlement announced Monday, St. John’s must send a letter to all alumni of its prep school that lists 17 monks and priests who are “credibly accused of abuse, exploitation or misconduct.”

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17 named in clergy sex-abuse case

Posted on March 29, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(StarTribune.com) The identities of 17 monks who have faced “credible allegations of sexual abuse” or other misconduct were made public Monday, representing a break in the secrecy that has long surrounded most Minnesota clergy abuse cases.

The names were released by St. John’s Abbey of Collegeville as part of a settlement of clergy abuse lawsuits announced on Monday by St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson. The clergy taught at St. John’s Preparatory School or were assigned to parishes in St. Cloud.

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St. John’s abuse suits settled, 17 monks named

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Settlement Information

ST. PAUL (SC Times)— An agreement to settle nine lawsuits against St. John’s Abbey and St. John’s Prep School includes the release of a list of 17 monks who have had credible allegations of sexual misconduct brought against them.

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Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Settled

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(Fox 9) ST. PAUL, Minn. – A settlement has been reached with St. John’s Abbey in nine alleged sexual abuse cases involving 10 monks or priests at St. John’s Prep in Collegeville, Minn.

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Sex-abuse settlement with St. John’s Prep names 17 monks

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Settlement Information

(StarTribune.com) The attorney for nine people who say they were abused by Roman Catholic clergy announced a settlement Monday of lawsuits against St. John’s Preparatory School of Collegeville, Minn.
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St. John’s Sex Abuse Suits Settled

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – Every alumnus of St. John’s University in Collegeville will soon be getting a letter from the school. The letter names 17 priests and monks who the Abbey has identified as having credible allegations of sexual abuse brought against them.

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St. John’s abuse suits settled

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Settlement Information

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — Nine men who filed lawsuits claiming sexual abuse at the hands of monks or priests have reached settlements with St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, the plaintiffs’ attorney said Monday.

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Lawsuit Settlements Reached

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(SC Times) A news conference has been scheduled for this afternoon to announce the settlement of lawsuits brought by nine victims against St. John’s Abbey, St. John’s Preparatory School, the Order of St. Benedict and 11 individual clergy defendants.

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Abbey, Prep Settle Lawsuit

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KNSI) – A lawsuit settlement was expected to be announced Monday in the case of nine alleged victims of sexual abuse by clergy with Collegeville’s St. John’s Prep School, St. John’s Abbey and the Order of St. Benedict.

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Settlement Will Name Priests

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Settlement Information

(StarTribune) A legal settlement is being announced Monday in St. Paul by several people who contend they were victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy.

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Accusations Against Leftist “Monks”

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Opinion

Saint John’s is a place where you can see a performance of the Vagina Monologues, see modernist architecture, watch pagan ceremonies and see conferences promoting vice of every kind. What you’ll be hard pressed to find is Catholicism, because they haven’t taught much resembling it for years, just enough to fool those donors who might be attached to it, and the occasional Opus Dei member on the board. Just allow us to maintain plausible deniability, that’s all we ask.

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Drama Coach Roger Julkowski

Posted on March 28, 2011
Posted in Roger Julkowski
[My friend] and I first met in High School about 1967. We were both interested in theater and were favorites of the drama coach Roger Julkowski. We spent many a time together up in “the Loft” above the stage or at a some party or other event at “The Farm” in Collegeville. How many actors passed through those doors?

Misconduct, Deception and a Missing Student

Posted on March 26, 2011
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, BS, Dietrich Reinhart, Francisco Schulte, Gar Kellom, Joshua Guimond, Michael Bik, Michele Bachmann, PR Machine, St. John's Bible, St. John's Prep, William Skudlarek

In March of 2003, a flurry of emails circulated around the St. John’s University campus in Collegeville, Minnesota. A month earlier, a student-athlete brought allegations of misconduct against his professor, Father Bruce Wollmering, to the attention of his coach and other officials at Saint John’s University.
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Abbey Files Destroyed?

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Francisco Schulte, Mel Taylor, Michael Naughton

When reviewed in the early 1990s, the Abbot’s File on Fr. Dunstan Moorse contained 81 items between July, 1972 and April, 1990.

1972-1978: 58 Items in 7 years (8.3 items per year)
1979-1983: 0 Items in 4 years (0.0 items per year)
1984-1990: 23 Items in 7 years (3.3 items per year)

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A Declining Monk Population

Posted on March 24, 2011
Posted in Abbey Statistics, Daniel Morgan, George Wolf

Abbey's Monk Population in DeclineThere is no doubt that the sexual abuse scandal has had an effect on the monk population at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.  The scandal, the coverup and the sexually charged environment within the monastery caused good men to leave, while predators and their enablers remain. At least three former monks said that being pursued by another monk contributed to their decision to leave the abbey.

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Video from 1992 News Broadcast

Posted on March 22, 2011
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Daniel Durken, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, John Kelly, St. John's Prep

The Rev. Allen Tarlton has been accused of molesting a young man at least three times in the fall of 1982 while the young man was a student at the prep school. Tarlton was the young man’s counselor, English teacher and confidant, the suit contends. This was the fifth suit in two years against a member of the Order of St. Benedict, the priests and brothers who run St. John’s University, St. John’s Preparatory School and St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.
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