MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 12/16/201
The Diocese of Winona has released its list of 14 priests it judged “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children.
The list, released Monday morning, includes nine priests who are deceased. The others live in Rochester; Winona; Baron, Wis.; and Dallas, Texas.
One clergyman listed, Leo Koppala, was charged in June with criminal sexual abuse involving an 11-year-old girl in Faribault County, whom he allegedly kissed and fondled. The case against him is pending.
According to court records, he is living at the Carmelite Hermitage in Houston, Minn.
The other 13 priests were listed as part of a 2004 study commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and conducted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
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