MINNESOTA
The Reporter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: May 21, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS — A former Catholic priest has been charged in Dakota County with sexually abusing an altar boy from 1989 to 1991.
County Attorney James Backstrom said Wednesday that 63-year-old Francis Hoefgen (HUHF’-jen) has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Hoefgen is accused of abusing the boy at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Catholic Church in Hastings when the child was 9 to 12 years of age.
Hoefgen’s attorney, Andy Small, declined comment.
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