MINNESOTA
KTTC

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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) — The files of 14 Diocese of Winona priests accused of child sex abuse were made public during a news conference Tuesday in Rochester.

Joining attorney Jeff Anderson at the news conference was Paul Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss said he was abused by former priest Thomas Adamson. Adamson, a native of Byron, was ordained a priest in 1958 and got his first assignment in Winona with pastoral duties at St. Casimir’s Parish.
Adamson was removed from ministry in 1985 and defrocked in 2009.

Anderson said the documents have been looked over extensively in order to protect the identities of the survivors.

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Winona Bishop John Quinn said the diocese voluntarily released summaries of each of the files in June that were publicly disclosed Tuesday morning. The diocese said nearly all of the child sexual abuse committed by…