MINNESOTA
Winona Daily News
[Documents via Jeff Anderson & Associates
12-3-2013 Order
Diocese of Winona List of 14
Doe 1 Summons and Complaint 5-29-13
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis List
Timeline of efforts to have Winona’s list released
Winona List of 14 photos
Leo C. Koppala]
By Jerome Christenson, Abby Eisenberg and Brian Voerding news@winonadailynews.com
The names of 14 Diocese of Winona priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse are now public, nearly a decade after they were first collected.
The diocese released the names Monday in response to a court order earlier this month. Bishop John Quinn called it a “very difficult morning,” and advocates for abuse victims described the release as a big, but only the first, step toward healing and justice.
Those on the list have worked at 45 parishes in 44 cities across southern Minnesota. All but five are deceased, some have not been active in the diocese for decades and only one still lives in the Winona area. Their service at Winona-area parishes runs primarily from the mid-1950s through the 1970s, though a few continued to serve into the 2000s.
Some of the priests were suspended and then defrocked, while others left the diocese voluntarily or died before any formal action was taken.
None of the priests on the list have been convicted of any criminal sexual crime. Only one faces an active criminal investigation stemming from the allegations; the others still living were never charged with a crime, and in most cases the statute of limitations would have long expired.
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