MINNESOTA
Austin Daily Herald
Austin residents may not remember much about Louis Cook or Jack Krough, but the two are spurring conversation after they were among 14 priests accused of sexually abusing children identified by the Diocese of Winona Monday.
Many residents, including many Pacelli Catholic Schools graduates, were unhappy to hear about the two priests, one of whom taught at Pacelli, but few were willing to speak about the issue.
“I’m glad they’re releasing their names,” said Karla Dooley, Austin resident and 1986 Pacelli Catholic Schools graduate. Dooley is one of hundreds of Pacelli graduates who heard the news about the priests Monday.
Though Cook, who died in 2004, served in Austin in 1970 and 2000, he didn’t work with Pacelli students. Not so for Krough, who was ordained in 1976 and began his priesthood in Austin, where he served at St. Augustine Church and was a teacher at Pacelli Catholic Schools for four years.
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