MINNESOTA
Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona

WINONA, MN – December 16, 2013 – Earlier today, the Diocese of Winona released a list of 13 priest names associated with the John Jay Study commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2002 as well as one additional name representing a recent claim. The accompanying statement provided detailed information about the study and the Diocese of Winona’s release of the priest names. This statement can be found on our website at www.dow.org.

Over the past few decades, a number of clergy members in the Diocese of Winona sadly have been accused of violating the sacred trust placed in them by children, youth and their families and were accused of detestable crimes of sexual abuse. This hascaused insufferable harm to victims, their families, parishioners and the Church. For this I am truly sorry.

The Diocese of Winona has fully adopted…