Web Site Comment

Posted on May 4, 2010
Posted in PR Machine

About a year ago I was at a meeting at the St. Cloud diocese offices and talked with a lady who was struggling with having an adult son who is homosexual. We got to talking about it and she mentioned that he graduated from the prep school. I asked her if she knew about what went on there, she didn’t have a clue and was shocked when I told her. Wouldn’t you think the Abbot, and anyone else who pretends to care, would send something to alumni and alumni’s parents informing them of what happened?

Email from 1980 Graduate of SJU

Posted on May 4, 2010
Posted in PR Machine

Interestingly I get solicited all the time from SJU for money. I have a friend in Minneapolis who’s son was molested by a neighbor, she compared it to SJU, and guess what I NEVER EVER heard about this before this week. Amazing isn’t it.

Email from 1980 graduate of SJU- Name Withheld

Where Are They Now?

Posted on April 17, 2010
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Blane Wasnie, Brennan Maiers, Bruce Wollmering, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jerome Tupa, Jim Phillips, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Michael Bik, Richard Eckroth, Robert Blumeyer, Thomas Gillespie, Tom Andert, William Skudlarek

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St. Paul attorney on the front lines of church abuse crisis

Posted on April 16, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson

(NPR) St. Paul, Minn. — Jeffrey Anderson grew up in Edina. He’s a self-described former hippie. He’s been a roofer. He’s gone to a food shelf to feed his wife and son, and counts a public urination case as one of his most formative experiences as a lawyer.

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A brief timeline of Jeffrey Anderson’s life and career

Posted on April 16, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson

St. Paul, Minn. — St. Paul attorney Jeffrey Anderson has undertaken a 30-year legal campaign against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, and the church leaders he has accused of covering up the scandal. Here’s a look at some key moments in his life.
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Retired Superior Priest Suspended

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted in Nancy Bauer, St. Ben's, St. Benedict's

“Right now, all we know is that maybe something happened, and maybe it involved a minor,” Lyons said. “Bishop [Peter] Christensen has made it clear that any time a situation comes to his attention where it’s even possible a minor was involved in abuse, he will take action by removing that person from active duty.”

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Fr. Dan Ward, SOB

Posted on April 8, 2010
Posted in Dan Ward, Francisco Schulte, Intramonastic Misconduct

If you have information regarding misconduct by Fr. Dan Ward or his role in the coverup of crimes committed by Fr. Francisco Schulte or any other monk at St. John’s Abbey, please use the Feedback link (above).

If you were a victim who met privately with Fr. Ward after bringing your claim of sexual misconduct to the attention of St. John’s and were subsequently intimidated or harassed by him, your story is important.

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St. Francis in the Bahamas (Othmar Hohmann)

Posted on April 3, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, Othmar Hohmann

Father Bernard then installed Fr. Othmar Hohmann, OSB, as pastor of St. Francis Church. Fr. Othmar, a talented, friendly, dramatist, zealously continued the work of this predecessors: promoting enthusiastic congregational vocal praying; singing during liturgical services; giving catechetical instructions during evening services.

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Father Mathias Faue, OSB

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted in Mathias Faue

Father Mathias Faue, O.S.B. has been named in at least one civil lawsuit and in an archdiocesan report.
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Funeral homily for Father Paul Marx, OSB

Posted on March 26, 2010
Posted in John Klassen, Paul Marx, Virgil Michel

Father Paul believed that life begins at the moment of conception,
that life is a sacred gift from God,
and that healthy family life is the most important element of a functioning society.
He fought vigorously against abortion,
contraception, sterilization, euthanasia, and child abuse.

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Restricted Monk visits School Cafeteria

Posted on March 14, 2010
Posted in Brennan Maiers, John Klassen, Restricted List

Pedophile priest Brennan Maiers enjoyed breakfast with family members in the college cafeteria this morning.

What, exactly, does “restriction” mean?

Note: One of Fr. Maier’s victim was nine years old.

New Articles and Documents Added to Archive

Posted on February 27, 2010
Posted in Web Site Updates

We are in the process of adding new articles and documents to this web site. There are currently 214 documents on this web site and we still have 132 documents to post. Many of these documents date back to the 80’s and 90’s. To view the most recent additions and modifications, please click here.

Oblates attend Catholic Studies talk by Abbot John Klassen

Posted on February 24, 2010
Posted in John Klassen

Oblates were invited for Evening Prayer and supper with the sisters before Abbot John Klassen of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville opened the series of Catholic Studies talks with Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century. Quite a sizable crowd gathered in Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel for the presentation.
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Abbot John Klassen: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century

Posted on February 24, 2010
Posted in John Klassen

Abbot John Klassen of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville opened the series of Catholic Studies talks with Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces a New Century. Quite a crowd gathered in Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel for the presentation.
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A Scarred Church Faces the New Century

Posted on February 16, 2010
Posted in John Klassen

Theologian John Klassen will speak on “Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces the New Century,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel on The College of St. Scholastica campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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Message: Blane Wasnie

Posted on February 11, 2010
Posted in Blane Wasnie

“Blaine Wasnie has alway been and will always be a VERY difficult, angry, abusive man. Any member of the monastic community knows this and he should NEVER be in a position to interact with lay people.”

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Blane Wasnie – St. Benedict Church in Avon

Posted on February 9, 2010
Posted in Blane Wasnie, John Klassen

According to a staff member at St. Benedict Church in Avon, MN, Father Blane Wasnie is “out” this week but will return next week.

Allegations of misconduct by the priest were recently uncovered.
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Fr. Jonathan Licari

Posted on February 7, 2010
Posted in Jonathan Licari

An update regarding Fr. Licari will be available soon.

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Regarding Tom Andert

Posted on February 4, 2010
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Jim Phillips, Tom Andert

Fr. Tom Andert, OSB, unless I’m very much mistaken, was part and parcel of the sexual underground at the Prep School during the ~1980 time frame. While I have no specific allegations of sexual abuse against him, nor do I know of any, he was very good friends and daily colleagues of Br. Jim Phillips and Father Alan Tarleton during the relevant time periods. I would be VERY much surprised to learn he did not know of the sexual shenanigans doing on in the boys’ dorm and elsewhere.
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Hospitality ala 2010….

Posted on January 8, 2010
Posted in Tim Backous

Monastic life is often thought of as “counter-cultural” and perhaps this is a radical instance of that. Monks are mysteriously able to tolerate almost anything. – Tim Backous, OSB

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