MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran St. Paul, Minn. Feb 27, 2014
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has submitted under seal in Ramsey County District Court the names of priests accused of child sexual abuse since 2004, according to victims’ attorneys.
Ramsey County Judge John Van de North had ordered the archdiocese to provide the names by Feb. 18. The archdiocese fought the order, arguing it would cause “irreparable harm to the Archdiocese and its clergy,” but failed to convince Van de North to change it.
The latest disclosure comes as part of a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused by the Rev. Thomas Adamson in 1976 and 1977. Last year, in the same lawsuit, Van de North ordered the archdiocese to release the names of “credibly accused” priests on an older list.
The submission of post-2004 names marks the latest development in an increasingly aggressive legal battle over the archdiocese’s handling of clergy sexual abuse cases.
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