MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: JEAN HOPFENSPERGER , Star Tribune Updated: May 8, 2014
Thursday hearing is first by special master appointed to handle legal wrangling in clergy sex abuse case.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will ask the court Thursday for permission to interview family members of an alleged victim of priest sex abuse, and to have him undergo a psychological evaluation by a psychologist of its choosing.
The court will also be asked to determine what is “good cause” for releasing the name of priests accused of abusing children but not criminally charged.
The three motions will be heard by Special Master Judge Robert Schumacher, appointed to handle some of the legal wrangling involved in a lawsuit that has forced open the archdiocese’s practices on handling abusive priests.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of alleged victim John Doe 1 last May, who claimed he was abused by the Rev. Thomas Adamson even after the priest’s sexual misconduct was known to the church.
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