{"id":7988,"date":"2013-12-09T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T18:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=7988"},"modified":"2014-01-03T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T00:08:47","slug":"st-johns-abbey-releases-new-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/st-johns-abbey-releases-new-list\/","title":{"rendered":"St. John’s Abbey Releases New, Incomplete, List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saint John’s Abbey released another list of offenders on their web site today.\u00a0The abbey released a list in 2011<\/a>, but took it down in the summer of 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the abbey<\/a>, “Saint John\u2019s Abbey voluntarily is releasing the names of current and former monks who likely have offended against minors. Most of the names previously have been made public.”<\/p>\n

This new list, as expected, is incomplete.<\/p>\n

December 2013 List\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Names released by the abbey [ Link<\/a> ] on December 9, 2013:<\/p>\n

Michael Bik
\nAndre Bennett (deceased)
\nRobert Blumeyer (deceased)
\nCosmas Dahlheimer (deceased)
\nRichard Eckroth
\nThomas Gillespie
\nFrancis Hoefgen (no longer a monk at the abbey)
\nOthmar Hohmann (deceased)
\nDominic Keller (deceased)
\nJohn Kelly (no longer a monk at the abbey)
\nBrennan Maiers
\nFinian McDonald
\nDunstan Moorse
\nJames (Jim) Phillips
\nFrancisco Schulte
\nAllen Tarlton
\nPirmin Wendt (deceased)
\nBruce Wollmering (deceased)<\/p>\n

Additions<\/strong><\/p>\n

The December 2013 list includes four names not on the 2011 list of offenders [ View<\/a> ] and never before disclosed by the abbey (Father Robert Blumeyer, Father Dominic Keller, Father Pirim Wendt, and Father Othmar Hohmann).<\/p>\n

Father Robert Blumeyer<\/p>\n

The abuse began in 1969 when the victim was 13 and Father Blumeyer was assistant pastor at St. Bartholomew parish in Wayzata and continued for approximately ten years while Father Blumeyer served in pastoral roles at Saint Boniface parish in Hastings and Saint Benedict parish in Avon, MN. – <\/em>Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and St. John\u2019s Abbey April 27, 2006<\/p>\n

Father Dominic Keller<\/p>\n

According to a 2011 letter from Father Jonathan Licari [ View<\/a> ], then sub-prior at Saint John’s Abbey, Father Dominic Keller has multiple victims. Father Licari, the current headmaster at Saint John’s Prep School, promised a victim that Keller’s name would be released by the end of summer-2011. It never was.<\/p>\n

Father Pirim Wendt<\/p>\n

Wendt’s name was mentioned during a 2011 press conference but was not included in the 2011 abbey list.\u00a0[\u00a0View<\/a>\u00a0]\n

Father Othmar Hohmann<\/p>\n

Hohmann has at least three victims. Abbot Klassen has been aware of misconduct by Hohmann since 2010. [ View<\/a> ] Former Saint Cloud Bishop John Kinney, since November of 2012 [ View<\/a> ].<\/p>\n

Missing from the List<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on research and documentation, the list of Saint John’s monks who likely have offended against minors will likely grow to include:<\/p>\n

Abbot Timothy Kelly<\/a>
\nFather Mel Taylor<\/a>
\nFather Tom Andert<\/a>
\nFather Jonathan Licari<\/a>
\nFather Agustine Cerezo Murillo (per Archdiocese of New York)
\nFather Angelo Zankl <\/a>(Victim “LK”, Early 1940’s)
\nFather Aloysius Michels (Victim OH, 1973)
\nFather Phil Harrer
\nFather Howard Oaks Moussier\u00a0(Confidential)
\nBrother Isaac Connolly\u00a0(Confidential)
\nFather Tim Backous\u00a0(Confidential)
\nFather Don Tauscher (Confidential)
\nFather Blaine Wasnie\u00a0(Confidential)<\/p>\n

Posted December 9, \u00a02013
\nUpdated December 12, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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