MINNESOTA
Duluth News Tribune
By: Tom Olsen, Duluth News Tribune
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis may have significantly underreported its list of priests “credibly accused” of child sexual abuse, Minnesota Public Radio News reported this week, prompting questions about the completeness of other lists, including one released by the Diocese of Duluth.
Verne Wagner, the northern Minnesota director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said he was not surprised by MPR’s investigation, which found that the archdiocese has dealt with abuse accusations against at least 70 priests since the 1950s, more than twice the official count.
In Duluth, the diocese has listed 22 priests that have been considered “credibly accused.” Following the report on the Twin Cities archdiocese, Wagner says he has a hard time believing the Duluth list is complete.
“I’m looking at this saying, ‘Hey, what about here in Duluth?’ “ Wagner said. “I’ve had victims call me up and tell me they were abused by priests who were not on that list.”
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