MINNESOTA
MinnPost
By Brian Lambert
In the 13th paragraph of her latest story on the Archdiocese sex abuse scandals, MPR’s Madeleine Baran writes, “The media event at the Landmark Center [last Monday] glossed over several factors that might have altered the public’s perception of Anderson’s deal with the archdiocese. Other lawyers and abuse survivors — including some present in the room that day — regarded the agreement with deep skepticism. Anderson’s firm had signed a secret agreement on behalf of his clients without consulting most of them. Twelve of the 17 so-called child protection protocols were simple restatements of long-standing church policy. And although Anderson would insist otherwise, his public reconciliation with the church appeared to compromise the adversarial nature of his relationship with the archdiocese.”
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