MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Laura Yuen · St. Paul, Minn. · Dec 16, 2013
Anger over revelations about how the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis handled allegations of clergy sexual abuse seems to have yielded to a new resolve among victims, their advocates and members of the community: Lock them up.
The most outraged — many Catholics — want to see charges filed, not only against accused pedophile priests but against top church officials who kept the abuse secret over the years, putting children at risk.
Advocates for victims are calling for police search warrants and a grand jury investigation that could reveal potentially incriminating documents from the archdiocese.
But so far, there are no clear signs that St. Paul police and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi will use that approach.
Choi’s reluctance to use his grand-jury subpoena powers has drawn criticism from former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, who more than a decade ago mounted one of the most aggressive investigations into clergy sexual abuse. The work of Abraham and her successor culminated last year in the conviction of Monsignor William Lynn, the first senior Roman Catholic official in the nation convicted for concealing clergy sexual abuse.
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