MINNESOTA
Mankato Free Press

By Robb Murray
rmurray@mankatofreepress.com

Ten of the 14 priests whose names are on the list of Winona Diocese priests accused of sexually abusing minors served at parishes in the Mankato area.

The list of names, released by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, was filed Monday morning in Ramsey County District Court, a day before the deadline set by a Ramsey County judge.

Among the names of priests who served at Mankato-area parishes were:

• Sylvester F. Brown, who served at SS. Peter and Paul in Blue Earth in 1970s, Immaculate Conception in St. Clair in and St. Ann in Janesville from 1989 to 2007. He died in 2010.

• Joseph Cashman, who served at St. Joseph in Good Thunder and Loyola High School in 1967 and St. John the Baptist in Mankato in 1977.

• William D. Curtis, who served at St. Joseph…