MINNESOTA
KARE
[with video]
Jay Olstad, KARE February 12, 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Ramsey County judge ordered the depositions of Archbishop John Nienstedt and former Vicar General Kevin McDonough Tuesday.
Judge John Van de North said the depositions needed to take place within 30 days.
The ruling is from a current lawsuit about alleged abuse that dates back to the late 1970’s.
“I’m glad finally they’re being held accountable and made to move on this,” said Al Michaud.
Michaud said he too was abused by a priest when he was a teenager, a case he later settled with the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
In a KARE 11 investigation Monday night, we reported on confidential church records documenting cases of abuse going back decades. Michaud and another victim said church officials, including McDonough broke promises not to reassign accused priests to parishes with schools.
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