MINNESOTA
Minnesota SNAP
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 18, 2013
Statement by Bob Schwiderski, State Director, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
I have been asked to comment on the personal injury Summons and Complaint of John Doe 107 vs. the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of New Ulm.
In 1962, Bishop Schladweiler of Diocese of New Ulm, and Archbishop Binz of the Archdiocese of St. Paul were informed of acts of childhood sexual abuse by Fr. William Marks. Over the next 5 decades, the diocese and archdiocese received more information about sexual abuse by Marks. The information came from individuals, me included, from the Minnesota communities of Hector, Green Valley, Glencoe, Cottonwood, Gent, Marshall, and Milroy.
Marks assignment history: Fr William Marks: PEDOPHILE http://mnsnap.wordpress.com/william-joseph-marks-abusive-priest/
Marks victims, a group I call the “Boys of Hector,” hoped the information would serve the church as an emergency alarm and ignite pastoral care, healing, and recovery for clergy sexual abuse victims, their loving family members, and their parishes.
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