MINNESOTA
Star Tribune

Article by: PATRICK CONDON , Associated Press Updated: December 16, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona on Monday named 14 priests accused of sexually abusing minors, most of whom were not previously known by the public or local churchgoers to have faced such allegations.

The diocese filed the list in Ramsey County District Court, a day before a deadline set by a judge. Some of the listed priests served at dozens of Catholic churches and schools in southern Minnesota cities and small towns, primarily from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, although two served in the last decade.

Nine of the priests on the list are dead. Of the five still living, the diocese said one has been removed from priesthood, three are in that process, and one is on forced leaving pending criminal proceedings in Faribault County.

The list…