MINNESOTA
Post-Bulletin
Bishop John Quinn spoke of “a very long and painful road” to forgiveness when discussing the 14 priests from the Winona Diocese who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children.
We’ve long believed that public disclosure is a necessary step for the Catholic Church to restore its credibility after decades of stonewalling on child-abuse allegations. However, it took a court order to force the church to release the names after a lawsuit was filed against the Winona Diocese in 2008.
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