MINNESOTA
St. Cloud Times
By Dave Unzedunze@stcloudtimes.com September 18, 2014
ST. PAUL – A lawsuit filed Thursday in Stearns County District Court accuses St. John’s Abbey and the Diocese of St. Cloud of creating a public nuisance with their handling of clergy sex abuse allegations against their priests and monks.
The lawsuit, announced at a press conference by attorney Jeff Anderson, accuses the diocese of lying about how it supervises a priest who abused children and references statements that Bishop Donald Kettler made to the St. Cloud Times Editorial Board.
It also accuses Abbot John Klassen of failing to follow through on promises he made as part of the settlement of several claims in 2002 and in 2011. Among the promises that Anderson said the abbey failed to keep was making public the complete list of abbey monks or priests who have been credibly accused of inappropriate sexual conduct.
Anderson again is asking the abbey and diocese to provide complete lists of those credibly accused and to provide to him all files the religious orders have on those credibly accused.
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