MINNESOTA
KARE
Blake McCoy
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Another victim claiming sexual abuse by a priest shared his story publicly on Monday at the foot of the St. Paul Cathedral.
“I just come today to say, ‘Yeah. I’m one of them,'” proclaimed Frank Meuers, of Plymouth. “I came today because I wanted to speak out about the secrecy that continues, and it simply drives me nuts. I feel re-victimized over and over and over.”
Meuers showed KARE 11 a letter he sent to church officials outlining his abuse in 2010. It took church leaders nine months to respond, finally admitting they’ve spoken to several individuals who were abused by the same priest.
That priest, Father Rudolph Heinrich, of St. Margaret Mary parish in Golden Valley, has long since passed away.
“I know with the track record of this particular gentleman, in my heart, that he has hundreds of victims out there,” said Meuers.
These new details emerge alongside fresh allegations of a cover-up involving child pornography found on a Hugo priest’s computer.
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