{"id":2882,"date":"2011-02-27T14:41:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2882"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:39:47","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Pine Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where is Rev. Michael-Leonard Hahn?<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0| \u00a0Concerns at Saint Mary’s of Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n

View the latest documents and articles<\/a><\/p>\n

This web site is dedicated to the 260+ known victims of sexual and other misconduct by\u00a0over\u00a0100<\/strong>\u00a0members<\/strong>\u00a0[ View<\/a> ] of\u00a0Saint John\u2019s community in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA). The community\u00a0includes Saint John’s Abbey, Saint John\u2019s University, Saint John\u2019s Prep School, the Liturgical Press, the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library and the School of Theology.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Image from April 28, 2015 Press Conference
\nNineteen Monk Offenders from Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA)<\/h5>\n

Father Tony Oelrich (SOT ’92) Arrested in Saint Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n

View the latest documents and articles<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0100+ Accused<\/a><\/p>\n

Rev. Dan Ward Confronted After Presentation<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

\"20150504_KARE11_Investigates\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Regarding Father Allen Tarlton OSB (aka Huggy Bear)<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracking the Public Lists<\/a>\u00a0 | 60+ Accused<\/a><\/p>\n

Prep School Principal Charged<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0Regarding Father Tom Andert<\/a><\/p>\n

Regarding Timothy Backous<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Regarding Fran Hoefgen<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former Saint John’s Abbey Monk Fran Hoefgen<\/p><\/div>\n

Father Richard Eckroth:\u00a0Sins of a Father: ‘Sauna Kids’ Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n

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Father Richard Eckroth with two “Cabin Kids”<\/p><\/div>\n

At the Cabin with Father Richard<\/a><\/p>\n

Observations from 1980<\/a><\/p>\n

Abbot: Money, Enrollment over Transparency<\/a><\/p>\n

Regarding Father Jonathan Licari and the Review Board<\/a><\/p>\n

(SC Times) Values ring hollow with no details from school<\/a><\/p>\n

Allegations Against Father Dan Ward<\/a><\/p>\n

In April of 2011, the Saint John’s admitted that\u00a018 members of its community<\/a>\u00a0had been credibly accused of sexual misconduct. By September of 2012, and citing “rigorous investigations,” the number, according to a revamped Saint John’s web site, had quietly\u00a0increased to\u00a023 members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The other five offenders?? Saint John’s won’t say. We know there have been at least\u00a0100 alleged offenders<\/a>\u00a0on campus.<\/p>\n

Ten of those credibly accused of sexual misconduct (including sodomy of a minor) still live on campus and are able to\u00a0walk freely<\/a>\u00a0among the students.<\/p>\n

As of June of 2013, Father Dan Ward and\u00a0Father Mel Taylor<\/a>\u00a0remain under investigation (since October of 2012) for sexual misconduct. For years, Father Ward has been Saint John’s chief legal strategist with regard to sexual misconduct. According to\u00a0multiple alleged victims<\/a>, Father Ward has been molesting and threatening both male and female students since 1974.<\/p>\n

Many personnel on campus have looked the other way as young students — and young monks — were victimized. To this day, not a single person on campus has had the courage to say, “ENOUGH!”<\/p>\n

Even football coach John Gagliardi, by his own account<\/a>, knew about misconduct on campus. Despite his knowledge and understanding of the problem in the 50s, 60s and 70s<\/a>, Gagliardi has yet to comment on sexual misconduct at Saint John’s, despite being very open about Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky and the\u00a0problems at Penn State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abbot John Klassen and Fr. Rene McGraw have each referred to the \u201ccrimes\u201d committed in Collegeville. \u00a0Despite their deep knowledge of those crimes, Klassen, McGraw and Father Dan Ward, along with those members of the Saint John’s community who have remained silent, including Gagliardi and others, have done their best to keep the real history of abuse and misconduct out of the public eye.<\/p>\n

In 2004, \u00a0for example, Abbot Klassen refused to release Father Bruce Wollmering’s name to the public because of the effect that such an announcement would have on fund raising and enrollment<\/a>. Klassen, who is also\u00a0Saint John’s University’s chancellor,\u00a0was also worried that Father Wollmering\u00a0would be connected to the disappearance of Joshua Guimond<\/a>, a student at Saint John’s. While Abbot Klassen kept Father Wollmering’s name from the public, Wollmering reoffended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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