MINNESOTA
KSTP
Suit: Priest Admitted Abuse, Stayed Active
By: Cassie Hart
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis released the following statement on Francis Hoefgen, a former priest of St. John’s Abbey who served in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in the mid-1980’s.
A lawsuit claims Francis Hoefgen was at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church in Hastings when he molested the plaintiff, who was 10 to 13 years old at the time.
Statement Regarding Francis Hoefgen
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