MINNESOTA
Houston Chronicle
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A man who claims he was molested by a priest in Granite Falls sued the Diocese of New Ulm and the Servants of the Paraclete on Thursday to force them to release their lists of clerics accused of abusing children.
The lawsuit filed in Brown County alleges the diocese and religious order were negligent in allowing the Rev. Francis Markey access to children. The plaintiff, identified as Doe 10, claims Markey abused him when he served for three months at St. Andrew’s Church in 1982, when he was about 8 years old.
Doe 10 now lives in Nevada. It’s the second time he has sued the diocese over Markey, attorney Mike Finnegan said. The first was dismissed for procedural reasons. This lawsuit takes advantage of a new Minnesota law extending the statute of limitations for abuse lawsuits, he said.
The lawsuit seeks a list of 12 priests who worked the diocese and an unspecified number treated by the order who’ve been accused of abusing children. It also requests other documents on them and damages over $50,000.
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