MINNESOTA
Winona Daily News
By Jerome Christenson jchristenson@winonadailynews.com
Diocese of Winona releases list of 14 priests; victims’ advocates hope to get internal files
The names of 14 Diocese of Winona priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse are now public, nearly a decade after they were first collected. Read more
Bishop John Quinn spoke with the voice of a penitent church Monday morning.
“For me, this is a very, very sad morning,” he said in a lengthy interview on the day the diocese made public the names of 14 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse of children. “I love God’s people, and I am very sad when they are injured.
“We are trying to make this an event that never happens again,” he said.
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