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| List of Priests with Credible Claims against Them of Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Star Tribune
December 6, 2013
http://www.startribune.com/local/234601671.html
Thomas Adamson
Born: July 12, 1933
Ordained: 1958
Parishes: St. Leo the Great, St. Paul; St. Boniface, St. Bonifacius; St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul Park; Immaculate Conception, Columbia Heights; Risen Savior, Apple Valley. Also Diocese of Winona.
Status: Removed from ministry 1985
Residence: Rochester
Put on restrictions after accused of abusing two teenagers in the 1970s
John T. Brown
Born: July 2, 1920
Ordained: 1948
Parishes: St. Timothy, Maple Lake: Sacred Heart, Robbinsdale; St. John, St. Paul; St. Joseph, Hopkins: St. Mary, Le Center; St. Mary, Waverly: St. Anthony of Padua, Minneapolis; Immaculate Conception, Marysburg; Sacred Heart, Faribault; St. Peter Claver, St. Paul; Annunciation, Hazelwood;
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Residence: Maplewood
Sued in 2013 for sex abuse. Pending.
Cosmas Dahlheimer
Born 1908, died 2004
Ordained: 1936
Parishes: St. Augustine, St. Cloud; St. Bernard, St. Paul; St. Joseph, St. Joseph. Also St. John’s Abbey.
Accused of abusing as many as four minors in the 1970s. Sued three times, two settled. Lived under restrictions at St. John’s Abbey until his death.
Gilbert J. DeSutter
Born: April 28, 1928
Ordained: 1964
Parishes: St. Mark, St. Paul; St. Mary, St. Paul; Annunciation, Minneapolis; St. Peter, Richfield: Immaculate Conception, Faribault; St. William, Fridley; St. Michael, Prior Lake. Also St. John Vianney Seminary, St. Paul.
Status: Removed from ministry 2003
Residence: Mesa, Ariz.
Settled two lawsuits filed in 1999.
Gilbert J. Gustafson
Born: April 18, 1951
Ordained: 1977
Parishes: St. Mary of the Lake, White Bear Lake; St. Matthew, St. Paul; St. Peter, Mendota. Also archdiocese.
Status: Resigned and was removed from ministry 2002
Residence: St. Paul
Settled abuse lawsuit in 2005.
Louis J. Heitzer
Born 1914, died 1969
Ordained: 1942
Parishes: Most Holy Trinity, Winsted; St. Andrew, Fairfax; Assumption, St. Paul; Holy Redeemer, Marshall; St. Mary, Sleepy Eye; St. Joseph, Waconia; St. Aloysius, Olivia; Sacred Heart, Franklin; St. Joseph, Rosen; St. Michael, Gaylord; St. Luke, Clearwater; St. Scholastica, Heidelberg; St. Richard, Richfield.
Accused of molesting boy in 1968.
Rudolph M. Henrich
Born 1906, died 1992
Ordained: 1933
Parishes: St. James, St. Paul; Most Holy Trinity, Winsted; St. Mark, Shakopee; St. Boniface, Stewart; St. Margaret Mary, Minneapolis. Also State Training School for Boys in Red Wing.
Status: Removed from ministry in 1976
In 2010, a teacher accused him of abuse as a boy during 1960s and 1970s. No legal action taken.
Francis Hoefgen
Born: Aug. 1, 1950
Ordained: 1979
Parishes: St. Boniface, Cold Spring; St. Boniface, Hastings. Also Villa Maria Center, Frontenac.
Status: Removed from ministry 2002. Left Benedictine order in 2012
Residence: Columbia Heights
Admitted in 1984 to abusing a teenage boy in Cold Spring but was not charged. Sued in November for allegedly abusing a boy at St. Boniface in Hastings from 1989 to 1992.
Richard H. Jeub
Born: Feb. 21, 1940
Ordained: 1966
Parishes: St. Joseph, Hopkins; Our Lady of Grace, Edina; St. Mark, St. Paul; Christ the King, Minneapolis; St. Kevin, Minneapolis; Sacred Heart, Robbinsdale; Sacred Heart/St. Lawrence, Faribault; St. Rose of Lima, Roseville
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Residence: Crosby, Minn.
Out-of-court settlement over abuse of teenage girl.
Dennis C. Kampa
Born: May 31, 1932
Ordained: 1968
Parishes: Immaculate Conception, Faribault; St. Mark, St. Paul; St. Joseph, West St. Paul; Holy Family, St. Louis Park; Holy Trinity, South St. Paul; St. Vincent de Paul, Osseo; St. Michael, Pine Island; St. Michael, Kenyon.
Status: Retired 2002. Removed from ministry 2003.
Residence: Victoria
Sued in 1995 for abusing a teenage girl from 1981 to 1984.
Robert Kapoun
Born: Dec. 1, 1938
Ordained: 1964
Parishes: Holy Redeemer, Montgomery; St. Kevin, Minneapolis; St. Raphael, Crystal; St. Patrick, Cedar Lake; St. Catherine, Spring Lake; St. Scholastica, Heidelberg; St. Joseph, Lexington; St. Thomas, St. Thomas.
Status: Resigned 1996. Removed from ministry 2002.
Residence: Cold Spring
“Polka Padre’’ reached out-of-court settlement in 1990 for abuse of boy.
Jerome C. Kern
Born: March 20, 1941
Ordained: 1966
Parishes: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Minnetonka; Our Lady of Grace, Edina; St. Mark, St. Paul; St. Peter, Forest Lake; St. Dominic, Northfield.
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Residence: Edina
Sued in 1993 for abuse; settled. Sued in 2013 for abuse; pending.
Lee D. Krautkremer
Born: Aug. 28,1940
Ordained: 1966
Parishes: St. Peter, Forest Lake; St. Joseph, Lino Lakes; St. Michael, St. Michael; St. Michael, West St. Paul; St. Margaret Mary, Golden Valley; St. Peter, North St. Paul; Immaculate Conception, Faribault; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Minneapolis.
Status: Removed from ministry 2002. Left priesthood in 2006.
Residence: Minneapolis
Sued in 2002, dismissed by statute of limitations
Ronan C. Liles
Born: Sept. 6, 1942
Believed dead.
Ordained: 1969
Parish: St. Albert the Great, Minneapolis
Status: Dismissed from Dominican order in 1985.
Sued in 1997 for abuse of two brothers.
Alfred Longley
Born 1913, Died 1974
Ordained: 1939
Parishes: Immaculate Conception, Faribault; St. Richard, Richfield; St. Jude of the Lake, Mahtomedi
Status: Removed from ministry 1968
Brennan Maiers
Born: April 27, 1936
Ordained: 1963
Parish: St. Bernard, St. Paul
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Residence: St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville
Admitted to abusing a 9-year-old altar boy at a parish in St. Joseph in 1966. Lawsuit settled in 1992.
Timothy McCarthy
Born: June 26, 1946
Ordained: 1973
Parishes: St. Leo, St. Paul; All Saints, Lakeville; St. Andrew, Elysian; St. Peter Claver, St. Paul; Guardian Angels, Lake Elmo; St. Joseph, Lino Lakes; Holy Redeemer, Maplewood.
Status: Resigned and removed from ministry 1991
Residence: Believed to be in Oakdale or St. Paul.
John E. McGrath
Born 1931, died 1995
Ordained: 1957
Parishes: St. Helena, Minneapolis; Sacred Heart, Robbinsdale; Nativity, St. Paul; St. Andrew, St. Paul. Also University of St. Thomas
Status: Removed from ministry 1995
Sued twice in 1993 for abuse
Paul Palmitessa
Born: Jan. 18, 1931
Ordained: 1956
Parishes: Cathedral of St. Paul; Holy Redeemer, St. Paul; St. Paul, Zumbrota; St. Mary, Bellechester.
Status: Retired 1998
Residence: Archdiocese of San Diego
Joseph Pinkosh
Born: Oct. 27, 1943
Date of ordination: 1969
Parishes: St. Joseph, Hopkins; St. Wenceslaus, New Prague; Holy Cross, Minneapolis; St. Patrick, Shieldsville
Status: Removed from ministry 1992
Residence: Columbia Heights
Francis Reynolds
Born 1922, Died 1988
Ordained: 1955
Parishes: Maternity of Mary, St. Paul; St. Patrick, St. Paul; Visitation, Minneapolis; St. Margaret Mary, Golden Valley; St. Francis Xavier, Buffalo; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Minneapolis.
Status: Removed from ministry 1987.
Sued in 1991 for abuse.
Richard Skluzacek
Born 1932, Died 2012
Ordained: 1957
Parishes: St. Stanislaus, St. Paul; St. Stephen, Anoka; Most Holy Redeemer, Montgomery; Most Holy Trinity, Veseli; St. Nicholas, New Market; Corpus Christi, Roseville; St. Joseph, Hopkins.
Status: Removed from ministry 2005
Michael J. Stevens
Born: Dec. 24,1954
Ordained: 1980
Parishes: St. Michael, Prior Lake; Church of the Epiphany, Coon Rapids; St. Mark, St. Paul; St. Adalbert, St. Paul
Status: Removed from ministry in 2002
Residence: Believed to be St. Paul
Pleaded guilty to charges of sexual misconduct with a minor in 1987.
Thomas Stitts
Born 1935, Died 1985
Ordained: 1962
Parishes: St. Matthew’s, St. Paul; Our Lady of Grace, Edina; Guardian Angels, Hastings; Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul; St. Leo, St. Paul; St. George, Long Lake; St. John the Baptist, New Brighton.
Status: Removed from ministry 1985
Sued several times following his death in 1985 at the age of 50 and is accused of abusing at least a dozen children.
Robert Thurner
Born: Nov. 25,1925
Ordained: 1951
Parishes: Most Holy Trinity, St. Louis Park; St. Luke, St. Paul; St. Michael, Prior Lake; St. John the Evangelist, Hopkins; St. Joseph, West St. Paul; St. Edward, Bloomington; St. Therese, St. Paul.
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Residence: Maplewood
Sued in 1991 and 1993 for molesting at least three boys. Both cases settled. Sued in October by a woman alleging he abused her in the 1980s at St. Joseph’s School in West St. Paul.
Clarence Vavra
Born: March 13, 1939
Ordained: 1965
Parishes: St. Rose of Lima, Roseville; St. Philip, Minneapolis; St. Peter, North St. Paul; Guardian Angels, Hastings; St. Matthew, St. Paul; Holy Spirit, St. Paul; Sacred Heart, Rush City; St. Gregory, North Branch; St. Wenceslaus, New Prague; St. Jerome, Maplewood; Holy Redeemer, Maplewood; St. Genevieve, Centerville; St. Nicholas, New Market; Nativity of Mary, Cleveland; Most Holy Redeemer, Montgomery; St. Patrick, Shieldsville.
Status: Retired and removed from ministry 2003
Residence: New Prague
In November, the archdiocese admitted that it had kept Vavra in active ministry for nearly a decade after the priest admitted sexually abusing several young boys.
Joseph Wajda
Born: Feb. 9, 1947
Ordained: 1973
Parishes: St. Raphael, Crystal; Immaculate Conception, Columbia Heights; St. Rose of Lima, Roseville; St. Joseph, Waconia; Sts. Peter and Paul, Loretto, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Minneapolis; St. Andrew, St. Paul; Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul.
Status: Removed from ministry 2003.
Residence: Minneapolis
Sued twice in 1989 for allegedly abusing teenage boys at St. Raphael’s. One case settled for undisclosed sum. Status of other unknown.
Raymond Walter
Born 1915, died 2003
Ordained: 1941
Parish: St. Alphonsus, Brooklyn Center
Status: Removed from ministry 2003
Curtis Wehmeyer
Born: Sept. 28, 1964
Ordained: 2001
Parishes: St. Joseph, West St. Paul; Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul; St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Paul.
Status: Removed from ministry 2012
Residence: Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud
Wehmeyer was charged in 2012 with abusing two boys while he was pastor of Blessed Sacrament. He was sentenced in February to five years in prison.
Robert Zasacki
Born 1940, Died 2008
Ordained: 1967
Parishes: St. Bridget, Lindstrom; St. Joseph, Lino Lakes: Cathedral of St. Paul; St. Peter, Forest Lake; St. Peter, Delano; St. Joseph, Delano; Sacred Heart, Robbinsdale; St. Joseph, Hopkins, 2001-2002.
Status: Removed from ministry 2002
Unsubstantiated claims
Eugene Corica
Born: July 31,1933
Ordained: 1960
Parishes: St. Patrick, Inver Grove Heights; St. Bridget, Minneapolis; St. Raphael, Crystal; Holy Childhood, St. Paul; Holy Family, St. Louis Park.
Status: Left ministry in 1995
Residence: Minneapolis
Corica was accused of having sexual relationships with adult women, the archdiocese said. No claim of sexual abuse of a minor was made.
Robert Loftus
Born: Dec. 22, 1930
Ordained: 1963
Parishes: St. Stephen, Anoka; Christ the King, Minneapolis; Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis; St. Frances Cabrini, Minneapolis.
Status: Left ministry in 1977
Residence: Coon Rapids
The archdiocese said Loftus was credibly accused of sexual misconduct with a “young woman” in the early 1970s. An investigator has not determined whether a claim of sexual abuse of a minor can be substantiated.
Patrick Ryan
Born 1892, died 1965
Ordained: 1919
Parishes: St. Mary, St. Paul; St. Clement, Minneapolis; St. Stephen, Minneapolis; Immaculate Conception, Faribault; St. John, Ortonville; Guardian Angels, Hastings.
Ryan was accused posthumously in 2002 of sexually abusing a minor in 1961. The archdiocese said a private investigative firm found no credible support for the claim.
Roger Vaughn
Born: June 16, 1948
Ordained: 1977
Assignment: Crosier Monastery and Seminary, Onamia.
Status: Left order in 2001
Residence: Yonkers, N.Y.
Vaughn was one of three priests accused in a 2006 lawsuit of abusing a boy at the Crosier Seminary in Onamia. The archdiocese statement Thursday said it did not know of “any claims that Vaughn sexually abused a minor in this archdiocese.”
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