MINNESOTA
CBS Minnesota
October 13, 2013 7:06 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A high-profile priest has abruptly taken a “voluntary and temporary leave of absence” the day before a sexual misconduct lawsuit is expected to be filed against him.
Father Michael Keating is an Associate Professor at the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas University.
WCCO has obtained this memo from the Vicar General sent to all clergy in the diocese Sunday, saying that Keating was taking a leave from his priestly duties.
On Sunday night, St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson announced he will be filing a lawsuit against Keating alleging that when he was a seminary student he engaged in sexual contact with an underage teen girl. The victim, according to Anderson, is now 20 and the matter was brought to the Archdiocese attention back in 2006.
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