MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press

By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 10/07/2014

The University of St. Thomas has completed its investigation into sexual abuse allegations against former professor the Rev. Michael Keating but insists that before a lawsuit filed last October, neither the current nor former president knew of the allegations, according to a statement Tuesday.

Top officials also were unaware of recommendations the Clergy Review Board made in 2007 regarding suggested supervision of Keating — which included that he “be restricted in activities in the nature of retreats, spiritual counseling or mentoring, particularly of adolescents or young adults,” said university President Julie Sullivan.

Keating has denied that he sexually abused any minor.

Tuesday’s statement, emailed to all faculty, staff and students and obtained by the Pioneer Press, said an outside law firm had completed an independent investigation whose results were “confidential.”

But among several conclusions Sullivan disclosed was the…