MINNESOTA
KIMT
[with video]
By Jeron Rennie
ROCHESTER, Minn. — An area man is coming forward with a lawsuit that claims abuse he says took place half a century ago.
Bill Beardmore and his lawyer made an announcement in Rochester Thursday that they are filing a lawsuit claiming sexual abuse.
“I would like to make it known that I was raped by a priest and that it happened on a number of occasions,” Beardmore said.
He now calls Boone, Iowa home, but he grew up in Caledonia, Minnesota where he says his childhood was spent as an altar boy at St. John’s Parish.
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