MINNESOTA
KAAL
[with video]
By: Jenna Lohse
(ABC 6 News) — In a sworn deposition released today Thomas Adamson, who currently lives in Rochester, talks openly about sexually abusing young teens. This includes at least one at Lourdes High School while he was principal.
The abuse happened decades ago and Adamson is at the center of a civil lawsuit. But because so much time has passed, he can’t be punished in a criminal court.
“How many kids, minors, do you estimate you engaged in sexual contact with while you were a priest?” asked Jeff Anderson, the alleged victims’ attorney. “That would be just a guess, several,” Thomas Adamson replied under oath.
Former priest Thomas Adamson admits sexually abusing at least 12 teens from the 1960’s to the mid 1980’s.
“While you were at St. Adrian and Lourdes?” Anderson asked.
“I think that got more involved, it probably started with masturbation and developed from there,” Adamson replied.
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