(SC Times) St. John’s should release all Backous files

Posted on February 12, 2015
Posted in Donald Kettler, John Klassen, Opinion, Tim Backous

The St. Cloud Times reported June 11 that the ex-headmaster of St. John’s Preparatory School was accused of sexual abuse. “The allegations of inappropriate contact by the Rev. Timothy Backous surfaced in a letter sent May 31 by Chris and Kathy McDermid, who live in St. Cloud and whose son was in the choir when it made a trip to Europe in 1990, to Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The letter was copied to (St. John’s Abbot John) Klassen and St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler.” – Anne Clark (CSB Graduate)

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St. John’s Prep principal charged with DWI

Posted on February 2, 2015
Posted in Matt Reichert

(SC Times) The principal of St. John’s Preparatory School has been charged with drunken driving in connection with his November arrest, the Stearns County Attorney’s Office said Monday.

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Letter to Kettler: Warning to Area Students

Posted on January 26, 2015
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Chrysostom Kim, Dan Ward, Donald Kettler, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jim Phillips, John Klassen, Mel Taylor, Michael Bik, Thomas Gillespie, Tim Backous, Tom Andert

Bishop Kettler,

In 2011, one of Father Tom Andert’s victims referred to the “horrible culture of hypocrisy” at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville. During several conversations, including his visit to Minnesota after Andert’s appointment in 2007, I heard his pain. Last month, that victim committed suicide.

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2200 Local Students To Attend Mass in Collegeville

Posted on January 26, 2015
Posted in Donald Kettler, John Klassen

Saint John’s Prep is hosting 2,200 students from area Catholic schools on Wednesday, January 28 at noon in the Abbey Church. Bishop Donald Kettler and Abbot John Klassen, OSB will celebrate the mass with pastors from local parishes. We appreciate your hospitality as we welcome our young guests to campus and apologize for any inconvenience or traffic issues it may cause. The students and buses should be off campus by 2:00 p.m. Read More

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Posted on December 26, 2014
Posted in Dan Ward, Dunstan Moorse, John Gagliardi, John Klassen, Mike Grant

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St. John’s Prep principal could face DWI charge

Posted on December 1, 2014
Posted in Matt Reichert

Screen Shot 2014-11-29 at 10.59.43 PM(SC Times) A St. John’s Preparatory School spokeswoman confirmed Monday that a Richmond man arrested on suspicion of drunk driving is the school’s principal.

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How Will Abbot Klassen Handle Reichert Matter?

Posted on November 30, 2014
Posted in John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Matt Reichert, Tim Backous, Tom Andert

On November 27, 2014, after an accident and field sobriety test, Saint John’s Preparatory School principal Matt Reichert was arrested [ News ] by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department [ Booking ].

Reichert [ Prep Profile ] was reportedly heading home following a Prep School faculty social at Partners Pub in Sartell. Read More

Saint John’s Prep Principal Arrested

Posted on November 29, 2014
Posted in Jonathan Licari, Matt Reichert, Tim Backous

Screen Shot 2014-11-29 at 10.59.43 PMAccording to the Saint Cloud Times [ Link ] and Stearns County Sheriff, Saint John’s Preparatory School principal Matt Reichert [ View ] was arrested on Wednesday night after an accident and field sobriety test.

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Confrontation to conciliation: Deal shifts clergy abuse legal tactics

Posted on October 14, 2014
Posted in 2014 Archdiocese Settlement, John Klassen

Anderson said the agreement will require ongoing public disclosure about abuse cases and that the agreement is more extensive than a 2002 deal reached with St. John’s Abbey about its handling of clergy abuse claims. The Collegeville, Minnesota, abbey agreed to keep abusive monks away from children and pay for therapy for some victims. It also said a review board would investigate abuse complaints. The board included abuse victims and people with law enforcement and mental health experience. Anderson hailed that deal as historic and ground-breaking and also appeared with Abbot John Klassen and victims at a joint news conference, a situation similar to the one planned for this afternoon. (Anderson now says the abbey violated the terms of the agreement, a charge the abbey has denied.)
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Abuse survivors name St. John’s Abbey in nuisance claim

Posted on September 21, 2014
Posted in 2014 Sept Nuisance Lawsuit, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Donald Kettler, James Thoennes, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant, Richard Eckroth

KARE11_Vogel(KARE 11) ST. PAUL, Minn. — A group of clergy abuse survivors Thursday filed a public nuisance lawsuit against St. John’s Abbey and the Diocese of St. Cloud, claiming those organizations aren’t doing enough to police priests who’ve been credibly accused of abuse.

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SJU QB’s Threat Case Referred to SCAO in 2012

Posted on September 20, 2014
Posted in Johnny Benson

According to a document from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department (below), a matter concerning today’s starting quarterback [Johnny Benson] was referred to the Stearns County Attorney’s Office, “for review and consideration of criminal charges including terroristic threats in violation of MSS 609.713 subs 2.”

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New suits seek information on abusive priests in St. Cloud area

Posted on September 19, 2014
Posted in 2013 Abbey List, 2014 Sept Nuisance Lawsuit, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Donald Kettler, John Klassen, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, William Skudlarek

(MPR) St. John’s did not name the other five at that time, and it is not clear if they are among the names on the list released in December. St. John’s officials have declined to explain the discrepancy.

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St. Paul, Collegeville priests sex abuse alleged in new lawsuits

Posted on September 18, 2014
Posted in 2014 Sept Nuisance Lawsuit, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Donald Kettler, James Thoennes, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant, Richard Eckroth

(Pioneer Press) St. John’s Abbey and two clerics — one who worked at the Church of St. Bernard in St. Paul — were sued Thursday by men claiming they suffered sexual abuse as children.

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Victim sues Abbey, Diocese for its handling of abuse allegations

Posted on September 18, 2014
Posted in 2014 Sept Nuisance Lawsuit, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Donald Kettler, James Thoennes, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Michael Bryant, Richard Eckroth

(SC Times) ST. PAUL – A lawsuit filed Thursday in Stearns County District Court accuses St. John’s Abbey and the Diocese of St. Cloud of creating a public nuisance with their handling of clergy sex abuse allegations against their priests and monks.

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Former priest pleads not guilty to abusing Hastings altar boy

Posted on September 5, 2014
Posted in Fran Hoefgen

Fr_Fran_HoefgenA priest accused of repeatedly raping a Hastings altar boy in the late 1980s and early ’90s pleaded not guilty in a Dakota County courtroom Friday.

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Jim Harbaugh and (Alleged) Perp Priest Backous

Posted on September 2, 2014
Posted in Jim Harbaugh, Tim Backous

Backous_HarbaughThe results of concurrent investigations by his former employer, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Saint John’s Abbey have yet to be released, but that hasn’t stopped accused monk/priest Timothy Backous from updating his Facebook page to include a photo of himself and San Francisco 49er’s coach Jim Harbaugh. [ Link ]

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Father Tupa’s Web Site Gone, Porn Store Removed

Posted on September 2, 2014
Posted in Bob Rolfes, Jerome Tupa

Father Jerome Tupa – a priest from Saint John’s Abbey and the subject of a December 12, 2012 letter [ View ] to Father Bob Rolfes at the Diocese of Saint Cloud – no longer has a web site at jerometupa.com and he no longer sells his art/pornography at https://eelement.appolis.com/jerometupa/.  Read More

Regarding The Hunt, Sanner and Wetterling

Posted on September 1, 2014
Posted in Jacob Wetterling, Jerome Tupa, John Sanner

Patty Wetterling and Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner were featured on CNN’s “The Hunt” on Sunday evening. The show, hosted by John Walsh, featured the Jacob Wetterling story.  [ Link ]

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Backous Out, Licari In, as Trustee at Woodside

Posted on August 5, 2014
Posted in Jonathan Licari, Tim Backous

According to documents from the Woodside Priory web site, Father Timothy Backous is no longer a trustee at the Portola Valley, CA, school for students in grade six through twelve.

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Moral Theology Textbooks (Backous)

Posted on August 5, 2014
Posted in The Liturgical Press, Tim Backous
[Webmaster’s Note: Rev. Timothy Backous is a credibly accused monk/priest from Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN.]

Backous_Moral_2014

Moral theology is a constantly changing landscape of serious reflection on how to live rightly, whether as an individual or as a society. New fields unheard of twenty years ago develop, and new voices add theirs to forebears in the tradition. This book is a thorough revision of the editors original, taking into account such phenomena as the emerging field of virtue ethics, the impact of science and technology on sexual and bioethics, and the increasing importance of such issues as environmental concern to social justice. College professors will find this the go-to anthology for a wide selection of primary source readings for their introductory ethics and moral theology courses, and campus ministers will find it a treasury of stimulating, thought-provoking material for student reflection on living the moral life. (Amazon.com)

1997 Version:

Backous_Moral_1997In a world that promotes moral relativity, the Church’s voice remains clear and prophetic.Common Good, Uncommon Questions explores a variety of moral issues. Its collection of Scripture passages, current Church teaching, and contemporary reflections presents a thought-provoking path that leads the reader to consider everything from abortion to the Omega Point. (Amazon.com)