MINNESOTA
Post-Bulletin
Kay Fate, kfate@postbulletin.com
A Rochester priest who once held a top leadership role in the Diocese of Winona is mentioned several times in the files released Tuesday describing abuse allegations against priests.
Rev. Monsignor Gerald Mahon, pastor at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, served as vicar general from 1987 to 1997, he said Tuesday, working under then-Bishop John Vlazny.
As vicar general, he dealt with cases of alleged abuse, he said.
“I always took claims of sexual assault very seriously,” Mahon said in an interview Tuesday, “and confronted priests with Bishop Vlazny. I took it very seriously, any victim I ever visited with, any reports of sexual abuse, and I took seriously confronting priests.”
Among those priests was Joseph Cashman, whose file indicates he is now married to a man and living in Texas.
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