Names of 17 Clergy Members Accused of Sexual Abuse or Misconduct Released

By Jennie Olson
KAAL
February 11, 2015

http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/S3704109.shtml?cat=10151

The names of 17 clergy who have been accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with a minor in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were released Wednesday.

It’s the first times the names have been made public. Attorney Jeff Anderson says all of the clergy have been identified in notice of claims submitted to the Archdiocese and its insurance carriers.

The list of names includes:

• Joseph Baglio
• John Jerome Boxleitner
• Patrick William Coates
• Leonard Cowley
• Alphonsus Ferguson, S.S.C.
• Thomas Gardner, O.F.M.
• Jerry Grieman
• Marvin Klaers
• James Namie
• Jerome Plourde, o.s.c.
• Noel Shaughnessy, O.F.M.
• Ladislaus Sledz
• Emil Twardochleb, O.M.I.
• Joseph Warnemunde
• Harold Whittet
• Karl M. Wittman
• Vincent Worzalla