{"id":8817,"date":"2014-09-01T01:05:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T08:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=8817"},"modified":"2014-09-08T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T22:42:11","slug":"regarding-the-hunt-sanner-and-wetterling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/regarding-the-hunt-sanner-and-wetterling\/","title":{"rendered":"Regarding The Hunt, Sanner and Wetterling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patty Wetterling and\u00a0Stearns 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. \u00a0[ Link<\/a> ]\n

A few minutes into the program, and the first time we hear her voice, Patty Wetterling asks, “What was going on… in this region? What was going on, and it was so deeply and\u00a0intensely harmful… to boys?”<\/p>\n

A\u00a0perfect question.<\/p>\n

There are certainly some similarities between the Paynesville cases examined on “The Hunt” and Jared’s and Jacob’s case. Joy Baker\u00a0(with the help of\u00a0many people behind the scenes) has done a fantastic job in bringing some information\u00a0to light [ View<\/a> ].<\/p>\n

As for what was going on in the region…<\/p>\n

By 1989, over 200 incidents of misconduct had been perpetrated by monks from nearby Saint John’s Abbey. While the\u00a0abbey has admitted to at least\u00a0two dozen perpetrators, the number much higher [ View<\/a>\u00a0]. The earliest publicly reported abuse occurred in the 1930s and between 1955 and 2003, the monks preyed on students without consequence.<\/p>\n

Much of the abuse occurred in St. Joseph. Much of the abuse was perpetrated by clergy stationed in St. Joseph [ View<\/a> ]. In an effort to protect his monastic brothers, the current priest in St. Joseph, Father Jerome Tupa, a noted artist and part-time pornographer [ View<\/a> and\u00a0View<\/a> ], has\u00a0bullied [ View<\/a> ] and lied to his parishioners\u00a0[ View<\/a>]. Tupa is the most current of a long line of priests from Saint John’s who have failed to serve the best interests of the families in Saint Joseph [ View<\/a> ].<\/p>\n

The CNN program\u00a0failed to mention the documented history and high concentration of pedophiles living\u00a0minutes away at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville. When looking at the “region” this angle must be explored… if not for suspects, then for the role that the institution had in creating a county-wide hotbed for acts of sexual abuse and other deviant behavior without consequence,\u00a0\u00a0aided by a law enforcement community which has protected the Abbey for far too long.<\/p>\n

Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner was interviewed in his office. He had time to clean and organize his office in order to make it camera ready. No family photos. Just a couple of plants, a small trophy and a\u00a0Saint John’s University football helmet, autographed by legendary coach John Gagliardi who,\u00a0by his own admission, knew of abuse at Saint John’s for several decades. [ View<\/a> ]\n

\"20140831_the_Hunt_Sanner_CNN\"<\/a>According to Sanner’s LinkedIn profile, he graduated from Saint John’s University in 1984. From 1980 to 1984, at least 27 individuals\u00a0were victimized by members of the Saint John’s Abbey community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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