MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
[with audio]
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi reaffirmed his determination Wednesday not to convene a grand jury while police are still investigating allegations of child abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
“I have to make some tough calls, and I believe in a certain way to get to a conclusion,” he said on The Daily Circuit. “An investigative grand jury at this moment, when there’s an active police investigation going on, would be really inappropriate and an abuse of my power.
“Let’s let the police investigation come to some completion, and then they can present information to us, and we can make appropriate decisions based upon that.”
Choi praised St. Paul Police Chief Tom Smith for going public Tuesday with his complaints about the archdiocese’s lack of cooperation in the police probe. Smith said his investigators had been denied access to people they want to interview, except through their lawyers.
Choi said he hoped Smith’s press conference would produce results.
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