MINNESOTA
Post-Bulletin
Kay Fate, kfate@postbulletin.com
Thomas Adamson, a former Rochester priest at the heart of a lawsuit against officials of the Catholic church, told attorneys that he sexually abused at least 10 boys but said he “looked at it more as a sin than — a crime.”
Adamson’s May 16 videotaped deposition in Rochester was released today by Jeff Anderson, the Twin Cities attorney whose law firm represents several alleged victims who say high-ranking diocese officials in the Twin Cities and Winona, where Adamson previously worked, simply moved him from parish to parish despite complaints of abuse that surfaced as early as 1964.
It’s the latest testimony to be made public, following that of former St. Paul-Minneapolis Archbishop Harry Flynn, current Archbishop John Nienstedt and others.
Now 80 and living in Rochester, Adamson balked at the first question posed. When asked about his current health, he asked his attorney, “What do you want me to say about that?”
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