MINNESOTA
Virginia MN
STAFF REPORT
DULUTH — St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin said Thursday that Catholic diocesan officials in Duluth should have immediately involved law enforcement after learning a priest had allegedly sexually abused a child.
Rubin said in a news release that an adult had reported in 2012 to the Diocese of Duluth about “a credible allegation of sexual abuse by Father Cornelius Kelleher, which abuse had occurred many years ago.”
The adult came forward when she learned that Kelleher had moved to a residence near her home. The incident occurred three years after the statute of limitations expired. The diocese did act promptly to remove Kelleher from where he was residing and under church law prohibited him from acting publicly as a priest.
Two other women also came forward and said they had been victims of sexual abuse as children by Kelleher, and also beyond the statute of limitations, the county attorney said.
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