MINNESOTA
News 8000
[with video]
Author: Brittany Schmidt, bschmidt@wkbt.com
ROCHESTER, Minn. (WKBT) –
New documents were released Tuesday morning pertaining to the 14 priests from the Catholic Diocese of Winona who have been accused of child sexual abuse.
The child sexual abuse accusations date all the way back to the 1960s. Of the 14 priests accused, nine have died, three have been defrocked, or removed from priesthood, one is pending removal and one has been deported to India.
Sexual abuse survivors, attorney Jeff Anderson and a former priest and advocate, Patrick J. Wall, gathered in Rochester to release the files of the 14 priests.
One victim said although some may never be punished, what they have done lives on and he wants to make sure it ends here.
“Why do I need to be here? Because this needs to stop,” said Paul Hotchkiss, a victim of child sexual abuse by a priest in the Diocese of Winona.
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