MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 08/26/2014
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The Diocese of Winona has made another attempt to move a civil court trial involving one of its former priests out of Ramsey County.
The trial of Doe 1, a man who claims he was sexually molested by former Rev. Thomas Adamson, was scheduled to begin Sept. 22 in Ramsey County District Court. It has been delayed until Nov. 3.
The Winona diocese asked the state Court of Appeals on Tuesday to force the trial judge to reverse his previous ruling on where the trial should be held. In the alternative, the diocese asked the appeals court to temporarily halt the case proceedings.
Judge John Van de North on Aug. 4 denied the Diocese of Winona’s petition to move the trial to another county. Thomas Braun, attorney for the diocese, argued Tuesday in his petition to the appeals court that the “excessive pre-trial publicity” has made it impossible for the diocese to get a fair and impartial trial.
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