Two sex predator priests honored in LA black Catholic evangelical award, while Cardinal Mahony looks the other way

Posted on November 23, 2008
Posted in Paul GoPaul, Society of St. Edmund

Webmaster’s Note: Fr. Paul GoPaul worked at St. John’s University in the 1970’s and has at least two victims.  Fr. Paul GoPaul was a member of The Society of St. Edmund, was a visiting priest at St. John’s.

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Dean of Men and Vice President of Student Affairs

Posted on November 18, 2008
Posted in Finian McDonald, J.P. Earls, Roman Paur

Dean of Men and Vice President of Student Affairs
Angelo Zankl, OSB 1935-1938
Walter Reger, OSB 1938-1943
Baldwin Dworschak, OSB 1943-1944
Walter Reger, OSB 1944-1947
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Letter from Michael Bik to Oblates

Posted on November 1, 2008
Posted in Michael Bik, Oblates, Publications

Dear Oblates of St. John’s:

Many, many thanks for your generous gifts—both from the summer and now from your
Advent Retreat—that I can put to use to buy flowers & other décor for the Abbey Retirement
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Recipes from the Kitchen of Father Dunstan Moorse, OSB

Posted on November 1, 2008
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Oblates

Dunstan Moorse, a monk with multiple allegations of abuse (including sodomy of a minor student) had his recipe included in the Newsletter of the Oblates of Saint John’s Abbey, Fall/Winter 2008/09.
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Abbot John Tells a Story

Posted on November 1, 2008
Posted in John Klassen

I have a story to tell.
It has five chapters,
but they are short.
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Father Allen Tarlton Still Involved with Oblates

Posted on November 1, 2008
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Oblates, Publications

If you have lost your oblate pin, a replacement can be purchased by sending a check for $6.00 to Father Allen Tarlton at Saint John’s Abbey.
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Congress of Abbots Update

Posted on September 18, 2008
Posted in Anthony Ruff, Francisco Schulte, Michael Naughton, Sant' Anselmo Monastery, Timothy Kelly, William Skudlarek

Saint John’s Abbey was well represented at this Congress. Timothy Kelly, OSB, was there as the American Cassinese Congregation’s president. William Skudlarek, OSB, updated the Congress on thework of the Monastic Interreligious Dialog (MID). Michael Naughton, OSB, presented a report as the priorof Sant’ Anselmo. Anthony Ruff, OSB, and Francisco Schulte, OSB, served as simultaneous translators for German and Spanish/Italian presentations, respectively.
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Saint John’s Concludes Historic Capital Campaign

Posted on July 31, 2008
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, John Klassen, Michael Bik, Robert Blumeyer

“Saint John’s is pleased to announce that the most ambitious capital campaign in its history, One Generation to the Next, has come to a successful close, bringing unprecedented support and new opportunities for current and future generations of students, faculty and scholars.”

Link: http://www.sjualum.com/supportSJU/campaign/Pages/default.aspx

Total Raised: $168 Million

Webmaster’s Note:

Amount raised to assist victims of predator monks/employees: $0
Amount raised to tighten security on predator monks/employees: $0
Amount raised to raise awareness about predator monks/employees: $0

Special thanks to Abbot John Klassen for delaying the announcement of monk offenders.

50 Years a Monk; [33 Years a Sexual Predator]

Posted on July 13, 2008
Posted in Thomas Gillespie

Father Thomas Gillespie’s 50 Years are highlighted… Here

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July 2008 Update

Posted on July 1, 2008
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Michael Bik, Tom Andert

Three new names added to “The List”: Othmar Hohmann, Cyril Gorman, Anthony Ruff

Regarding Bruce Wollmering… we have received information regarding harassment claims against Wollmering and his dismissal from the University. The Abbey and University allegedly covered up the harassment claims, failed to report the claims to the proper authorities and allowed Wollmering to stay on as an instructor, then resign at the end of the semester. Wollmering has also allegedly admitted to relationships with at least three university students.
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Congratulations Bruce Wollmering

Posted on June 21, 2008
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, The Liturgical Press

Bruce Wollmering, though accused of misconduct and having admitted to relationships with students, has won an award!

Second Place for Best Essay in a Religious Order Magazine: The Abbey Banner, Spring 2007, “Gardens Galore from Eden to the Abbey,” Bruce Wollmering, OSB, Richard Oliver, OSB, and David Klingeman, OSB.

“This story is a blend of history, faith, and the resurgence in popularity of local produce, and that resurgence’s impact on the abbey.”

Source: http://www.litpress.org/cpa_awards.html

Regarding Roger Julkowski

Posted on May 25, 2008
Posted in Lay Faculty, Roger Julkowski

It good to see his name finally among the list. I know he is long since passed away but at least there is some sort of recognition of his ongoing crimes in the 80’s. I was one of his conquests in the 80’s during a TECH retreat in Belle Plain.

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Monastic Celibacy East and West

Posted on April 14, 2008
Posted in BS, William Skudlarek

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — Liturgical Press recently published Demythologizing Celibacy: Practical Wisdom from Christian and Buddhist Monasticism by Father William Skudlarek OSB. In September 2007 the Abbot Primate appointed Father William, a monk of Saint John’s Abbey, General Secretary of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. Drawing on the monastic interreligious dialogue, Father William considers the Buddhist view of celibacy, which is not mythologized as a response to a divine call or as a superhuman way of life. He examines their regard for it as simply — and profoundly — a path to freedom, peace, and happiness. As Christians become aware of the benefits of celibacy for monks who observe it without reference to the Gospel, they may be able to appreciate all the more its importance and value for those who wish to follow Christ as celibates, and in this way come to share in the freedom of the children of God.
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Sexual Misconduct Policy Includes Vulnerable Adults

Posted on March 1, 2008
Posted in Jerome Hanus

“In September 1991, Bishop Jerome Hanus of St. Cloud, Minnesota, established a sexual misconduct policy for all personnel of the diocese.” Unlike the policies of Salt Lake City and Davenport, it was not focused solely on child victims, but dealt with “vulnerable persons,” which could include vulnerable adults.”

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Perpetrator Fr. Allen Tarlton Featured

Posted on February 24, 2008
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Bahamas

Fr. Alan Tarlton, 80, is the Abbey’s only African American monk. He was not always alone.

When Tarlton was ordained in 1955, there were four other African Americans priests, but, eventually, the abbey sent them off to do missionary work in the Bahamas, Kentucky and Indianapolis — leaving Tarlton to work as a prep-school English teacher and FR in Benet Hall alone, as the University’s sole African American educator for years.
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Sister Irene Nowell and Abbot John Klassen to Speak

Posted on February 13, 2008
Posted in John Klassen, Sister Irene Nowell
[Webmaster’s Note: Abbot John Klassen and Sister Irene Nowell graduated from The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) in 1983]

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Credibly Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Posted on February 11, 2008
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Patrick Wall, Paul GoPaul, Rene McGraw, Review Board, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe

St. John’s Abbey Benedictine establishment at Collegeville, MN, the largest Benedictine monastery in the western world, adjacent to St. John’s University and St. John’s Preparatory School. At least 14 of the abbey’s nearly 200 monks have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct.
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Bruce Wollerming involved with Oblate Program

Posted on February 1, 2008
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, Oblates, Publications

Oblate/Monk Matching Program Update:

Father Bruce Wollmering, Abbey Produce Garden Coordinator, would like to thank the following oblates, CHARLES NICOLOSI, MARTIN STACHNIK, and BETTY MOE for helping on multiple occasions.

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Recipes from the Kitchen of Father Dunstan Moorse, OSB

Posted on February 1, 2008
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Oblates, Publications

Dunstan Moorse, a monk with almost a dozen victims, offers another recipe to the members of the Oblate program.
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What happened to Joshua Guimond?

Posted on November 20, 2007
Posted in Joshua Guimond

The following analysis by Julie Seifert, at the time a senior psychology major at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., was published as the Your Turn column “Guimond analysis maintains mystery” in the St. Cloud Times on November 20, 2007.
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