MINNESOTA
St. Cloud Times

COLLEGEVILLE — Officials at St. John’s Abbey are doing damage control after one of its monks sent an expletive-ridden anonymous message to a blogger who has chronicled sexual abuse of students by abbey monks.

Brother Peter Sullivan reportedly wrote to the blogger, Patrick Marker, “I hope you die in a car accident” and “Die a hundred deaths you worthless crap stain of a human being.”

As first reported by KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the message, which was sent last week. The sheriff’s office confirmed the investigation Monday but said it’s too early to say where it could lead.

Marker is a former St. John’s Preparatory School student who says he started his blog, “Behind the Pine Curtain,” to shine a light on sexual abuse he and others suffered from St. John’s Abbey monks.