MINNESOTA
MinnPost
By Brian Lambert
It does have the feel of everyone working from the same script … Tom Olsen of the Duluth News Tribune reports: “The Diocese of Duluth’s decision to conduct a private investigation rather than contact authorities about child sexual abuse allegations against a former priest was ‘unacceptable,’ St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin said Thursday. … ‘Maybe statutes run out on priests that were offenders, but I have to wonder as to why folks who did the covering up are not being held responsible for concealing this,’ [survivors group spokesman Verne] Wagner said. ‘I really believe the county attorney should hold a grand jury and find out what happened … ’ ”
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