New Ulm Diocese Named In Another Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

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By Maytal Levi, News Reporter

The New Ulm Diocese is named in a sexual abuse lawsuit filed today in Brown County.

This isn’t the first time the New Ulm Diocese has been in the media in connection with the states sexual abuse scandal.

Today a lawsuit was filed on behalf of two former altar boys who say they were sexually abused by Father Michael Skoblik at St. Joseph’s Parish in Silver Lake.

Skoblik served in the New Ulm Diocese from 1965 to 1988.

He died in 1989.

This is the 8th claim, Jeff Anderson and associates have filed against the New Ulm Diocese.

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