MINNESOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
POSTED BY BARBARA DORRIS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2013
The St. Paul/Minneapolis archdiocesan abuse and cover up crisis is getting worse…and weirder.
Let’s start with the “weirder” part. An admitted predator priest there “met with Fr. Kevin McDonough, the vicar general, to talk about two topics — his relationship with a serial killer and his sexual interest in a convicted child rapist.”
It’s not enough that Fr. Clarence Vavra molested kids. He also apparently was (or is) close to two men. One is a serial murderer and the other was imprisoned for raping his son.
“Weirder still: Fr. Vavra was (or is) sexually attracted to a convicted murderer and child rapist.”
A long-secret church memo says that “Fr. Vavra views Jim [the convicted child rapist] as his best friend.” When asked if he “intended to remain celibate once Jim was released from prison,” Fr. Vavra replied that “he was simply not sure that he could promise that.”
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