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.