MINNESOTA
MinnPost
By Brian Lambert | 10/09/13
The hits just keep on coming … Today, Madeleine Baran of MPR reports: “For decades, the Rev. Robert Kapoun charmed parishioners with his accordion at “polka masses” across Minnesota. Privately, he took young boys to saunas, rectories and a secluded cabin in Cold Spring and sexually assaulted them, according to court testimony. Parents complained but leaders at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis did little to stop him. … An MPR News investigation found that a year after the trial, the archdiocese allowed Kapoun to retire early and sent him funds beyond his pension pay that totaled about $160,000 by 2012. The money was classified as ‘medical retirement.’ Those retirement payments — $957.50 every month — came in addition to regular pension checks of $1,510.50. … Kapoun is one of several accused priests who’ve received payments in addition to regular pension checks, according to two former top church officials.”
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