MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
By Jean Hopfensperger hopfen@startribune.com
The Diocese of Winona disclosed the names Monday of 14 priests who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct with children, a list that was compiled a decade ago but never before made public.
The priests listed were parish priests and/or teachers in the diocese high schools or the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona. The diocese released their names, their parish and work history, current residence, and year of death if deceased.
Unsealing the list was ordered by a Ramsey District Court judge earlier this month in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of a man who said he was abused by former priest Thomas Adamson, who had been accused of molesting a number of boys in the Winona diocese before being transferred to the Archdiocese of St. Paul- Minneapolis.
It is the third such “secret list” made public in the past two weeks, following similar disclosures by the archdiocese and St. John’s Abbey of Collegeville.
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