{"id":2416,"date":"2014-05-19T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T07:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:34:52","slug":"thelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/thelist\/","title":{"rendered":"The List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The List: 105 Credibly Accused<\/p>\n

Tracking the Public Lists<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the 1930s, fifty-nine (59) monks and thirteen (13) other members of the Saint John\u2019s community have been credibly accused of sexual abuse and\/or other misconduct. Another thirty-two (32) individuals with strong ties to St. John’s have also been accused of abuse or other misconduct.<\/p>\n

*** Type 1: Saint John’s Abbey Monks Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct (59)<\/p>\n

1. Fr. Michael Bik<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly Still at Abbey)
\n2. Br. Isaac Connolly<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)
\n3. Fr. Richard Eckroth<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)
\n4. Fr. Thomas Gillespie<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey) (SJP ’55) (SOT ’64)
\n5. Fr. Brennan Maiers<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)\u00a0(SJP ’54)
\n6. Fr. Finian McDonald<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)
\n7. Fr. Dunstan Moorse<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)
\n8. Fr. Francisco Schulte<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)
\n9. Fr. Allen Tarlton<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)\u00a0(SJP ’46)
\n10. Br. Jim Phillips<\/a>\u00a0(Reportedly\u00a0Still at Abbey)<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0Fr. Tom Andert<\/a> (Active,\u00a0Former SJP Headmaster, Former Prior)\u00a0(SJP ’65)
\n12. Fr. Tim “Timo” Backous<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey, Former\u00a0SJP Headmaster)
\n13. Fr. Donald Tauscher<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey)
\n14. Fr. Jonathan Licari<\/a>\u00a0(Active,\u00a0Abbey,\u00a0Headmaster at SJP)
\n15.\u00a0Fr. Daniel Ward<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Maryland) (SJP ’62)
\n16.\u00a0Fr. Mel Taylor<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Active, Abbey)
\n17.\u00a0Fr. Chrysostom Kim<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey)
\n18. Fr. Simeon Thole<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey)
\n19.\u00a0Fr. Thomas Thole<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey)\u00a0(SJP ‘ 53)
\n20.\u00a0Fr. Cyril Gorman<\/a> (Active, Japan)
\n21. Fr. Anthony Ruff<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey, SOT Faculty)
\n22. Fr. Jerome Tupa<\/a> (Active, Abbey & St. Joseph, MN)
\n23. Fr. Jerome Coller<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey)
\n24. Fr. Robert Koopman<\/a>\u00a0(Active, Abbey, Professor at SJU)
\n25.\u00a0Fr. Roger Botz<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Active, Abbey, Chaplain at St. Cloud Hospital)<\/p>\n

26. Fr. Fran Hoefgen<\/a> (Left Monastery, Cities)
\n27. Br. John Kelly<\/a> (Left Monastery, Cities)
\n28. Br. Stephen Lilly<\/a> (Left Monastery, Cities) (SJP ’74)
\n29. Fr. Howard Oaks Mossier<\/a>\u00a0(Left Monastery, Alabama)
\n30. Fr. Nathan Libaire<\/a>\u00a0(Left Monastery, Santa Fe)
\n31. Br. Jason Griffith\u00a0(Left Monastery, Cities)
\n32. Michael-Leonard Hahn<\/a> (Left Monastery, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota)<\/p>\n

33. Fr. James Kelly<\/a> (Left Monastery, Deceased)
\n34. Fr. Augustine Strub<\/a>\u00a0(Left Monastery, Deceased)
\n35. Fr. Casimir Plakut<\/a>\u00a0(Left Monastery, Deceased)
\n36. Fr. Agustine Cerezo Murillo<\/a> (Left Monastery, Deceased)
\n37. Fr. Callistus Edie (Left Monastery, Deceased)
\n38. Br. Robert Burke<\/a> (Left Monastery, Worked for Archdiocese, Deceased)<\/p>\n

39. Br. Andre Bennett<\/a> (Deceased)
\n40. Fr. Cosmas Dahlheimer<\/a> (Deceased)
\n41. Fr. Peregrin Berres<\/a> (Deceased)
\n42. Fr. Robert Blumeyer<\/a> (Deceased)
\n43. Abbot John Eidenschink<\/a> (Deceased)\u00a0(SJP ‘ 31)
\n44. Fr. Mathias Faue<\/a> (Deceased)
\n45. Fr. Othmar Hohmann<\/a>\u00a0(Deceased)
\n46. Abbot Timothy Kelly<\/a> (Deceased)
\n47. Br. Paschal Brisson<\/a>\u00a0(Deceased)
\n48. Fr. Dominic Keller<\/a>\u00a0(Deceased)
\n49. Fr. Alban Fruth<\/a>\u00a0(Deceased)
\n50. Fr. Aelred Tegels<\/a>\u00a0(Deceased)
\n51. Fr.\u00a0Angelo Zankl<\/a> (Deceased) (SJP ‘ 18)
\n52. Br. Zaccheus Zuehlke<\/a> (Deceased)
\n53. Fr.\u00a0Pirmin Wendt<\/a> (Deceased)
\n54. Fr.\u00a0Aloysius Michels<\/a> (Deceased)\u00a0(SJP ‘\u00a030)
\n55. Fr. Gerald Farrell (Deceased)
\n56. Fr. Gregory Soukup (Deceased)
\n57. Fr. Phil Harrer (Deceased)
\n58. Fr. Burkard Anthony Arnheiter (Deceased)
\n59. Fr. Bruce Wollmering<\/a> (Deceased)\u00a0(SJP ‘ 58)<\/p>\n

*** Type 2: Lay Personnel from St. John’s Accused of Sexual Abuse\u00a0or Misconduct (6)<\/p>\n

1. Terry DeSutter<\/a> (Alive, 2002 Settlement, SJP Faculty)
\n2. Steve Pavkovich<\/a> (Alive,\u00a0Banned from Campus, SJP Faculty)
\n3. Roger Julkowski<\/a> (Deceased, “The Farm”)
\n4. Matthew Feeney<\/a> (Alive, Prison)
\n5.\u00a0Miguel Diaz<\/a> (Alive, SOT Faculty)
\n6. Dr. Anthony Tabor<\/a> (Deceased, SJU Faculty)<\/p>\n

*** Type 3: Visiting Priests or Seminarians Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct (7)<\/p>\n

1. Fr. Paul GoPaul<\/a> (Deceased)
\n2.\u00a0Fr. Anthony Smithwick<\/a>\u00a0(Alive, England?)
\n3.\u00a0Fr. Bede Parry<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Deceased)
\n4. Fr.\u00a0Michael Brunovsky<\/a> (Alive, HS Principal in Ohio)
\n5. Fr. Jure Christie\u00a0\u00a0(Deceased)
\n6.\u00a0Seminarian Frank Donovan – Diocese of St. Cloud\u00a0(Unknown)
\n7. Msgr. Vincent Yzermans<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Diocese of St. Cloud (Teacher, SJP, 1974)<\/p>\n

*** Type 4: Sisters from St. Benedict’s in St. Joseph Minnesota\u00a0(1)<\/p>\n

1. Sister Ann Marie Biermaier<\/a>\u00a0(CSB\/SJU\u00a0Education Professor)<\/p>\n

*** Type 5: \u00a0Priests Named by MN Dioceses with St. John’s Ties. (27)<\/p>\n

Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis<\/a>\u00a0(3)<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Rev.\u00a0Gilbert DeSutter (SJU ’50)
\n2. Rev.\u00a0Alfred Longley (CSB\/SJU Retreat Master)
\n3. Rev. Gil Gustafson\u00a0(ISTI Board)<\/p>\n

Diocese of St. Cloud<\/a>\u00a0(14)<\/p>\n

1. Rev. Sylvester Gall (SJU ’34) (SOT ’38)
\n2. Rev. William Garding (SOT ’82)
\n3. Rev. Raymond C. Jacques (SOT ’48)
\n4. Rev. Val Klimek (SJU ’40)
\n5. Rev. Joseph Kremer (SJU \u201963) (Staff, SJU Staff 1976-1984)
\n6. Rev. Richard Kujawa (SJU SOT ’50)
\n7. Rev. James Mohm (SJU SOT ’27)
\n8. Rev. Donald Rieder (SJU \u201951)
\n9. Rev. Peter Snyers St. John’s (SJU SOT ’53)
\n10. Rev. Allan Speiser (SJU ’45)
\n11. Rev. James Thoennes (SJU ’60)
\n12. Rev. William Wey (SJU ’42)
\n13. Deacon Michael Weber (SJU ’66)
\n14.\u00a0Rev. Antonio Marfori\u00a0(SJU ’72) Named in lawsuit on October 13, 2015
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

15.\u00a0Rev. Anthony Tony Oelrich<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(SOT ’92) (Arrested February 13, 2018<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Diocese of Duluth<\/a>\u00a0(3)<\/p>\n

1. Rev.\u00a0Leonard Colston \u00a0(SOT 1979)
\n2. Rev. (Thomas) Gregory Manning (SJU ’40)(SOT ’44)
\n3. Rev. Dennis Puhl (SOT ’74)<\/p>\n

Diocese of Winona\u00a0(2)<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Louis G. Cook (SJU ’54) (SOT ’58)
\n2. Rev. William Curtis (Admissions Volunteer, 1979)<\/p>\n

Diocese of Crookston (1)<\/p>\n

1. Stanley Bourassa (SJU ’51)<\/p>\n

Diocese of New Ulm\u00a0(3)<\/p>\n

1. Rev. Bernard Steiner<\/a> (SJU ’56)
\n2.\u00a0Rev. Richard Gross<\/a> (SJU ’56,\u00a0SOT ’58)
\n3. Rev. Dennis Becker (SJU ’57)<\/p>\n

*** Type 6: \u00a0Others accused\u00a0(non-MN) with St. John’s Ties. (5)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Archdiocese\u00a0(1)<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Rev. Barry Vinyard\u00a0(SJU,\u00a0SOT\u00a0Circa 1975)<\/p>\n

St. Mary’s Abbey\u00a0\/ Delbarton School (NJ) (3)<\/p>\n

1. Rev. Justin Capato O.S.B. (SOT ’79)
\n2. Rev. Bruno Ugliano O.S.B\u00a0 (On Campus 1961-1962)
\n3. Rev. Donal Fox\u00a0 O.S.B\u00a0 (On Campus 1961-1962)<\/p>\n

Jesuit Order\u00a0(1)<\/p>\n

1. John Gallen, SJ \u00a0(SJU Faculty 1968 & 1972)<\/p>\n

Note: To find more information about members of the Saint John’s Abbey community, please visit the\u00a0Meet the Monks<\/a> section.<\/p>\n

Posted on June 16, 2011
\nUpdated January 3, 2014
\nUpdated January 4, 2014
\nUpdated January 6, 2014
\nUpdated April 9, 2014
\nUpdated May 19, 2014
\nUpdated\u00a0October 13, 2015
\nUpdated November, 2015
\nUpdated\u00a0April, 2016
\nUpdated October, 2017
\nUpdated\u00a0February, 2018
\nUpdated September, 2018
\nUpdated\u00a0July, 2019
\nUpdated August, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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