MINNESOTA
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Summary of Case: Rev. Kenneth LaVan was ordained for the archdiocese of St. Paul in 1958. In the late 1980s two women alleged having been sexually abused by LaVan as teenagers, one of them in the early 1960s beginning when she was 12 years-old, and until she was 17. LaVan was also known by the archdiocese to have had “boundary violation” issues with adult women. He was removed from all active ministry November 30, 2013, yet was not included on the archdiocese’s list released December 5, 2013 of credibly accused priests. LaVan was included on the archdiocese’s February 17, 2014 list of priests with “substantiated” claims.
Ordained: Feb. 23, 1958
Retired: 1998
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