MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran St. Paul, Minn. Oct 7, 2014
A private investigation funded by the University of St. Thomas has determined that top university officials did not know about an abuse allegation against the Rev. Michael Keating, a priest of the Twin Cities archdiocese who resigned from his teaching job at the university in September.
In an email sent Tuesday to members of the St. Thomas community by university president Julie Sullivan said:
• Prior to October 2013, neither I, President Emeritus Father Dennis Dease, nor any of our current or former direct reports, were aware that allegations of sexual abuse or inappropriate conduct had been made against Father Keating. We also were not aware of the Clergy Review Board recommendations or any restrictions regarding his activities. Moreover, no university employees who had authority to make decisions regarding restrictions or conditions on Father Keating’s activities at the university were aware of the allegations or of any recommendations or restrictions.
• The university has not received any complaints of, and is not aware of any unreported allegations of, sexual misconduct against Father Keating during his time at the university.
• The university has not received any complaints of, and is not aware of any unreported allegations of, sexual misconduct against other members of the clergy currently or previously working at St. Thomas that have not been promptly reviewed and addressed by the university.
• St. Thomas has a robust program for the reporting and handling of allegations of sexual misconduct. Our priority is to ensure that everyone in our community clearly understands their responsibility to report concerns and allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse.
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