MINNESOTA
Fox 9

by Fox 9 staff

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) –
A woman who says she was sexually abused by former St. Thomas professor and priest Michael Keating spoke publicly for the first time Monday. The law firm handling the case also released once-secret files on Keating, who has denied any wrongdoing.

Marie Mielke had previously been identified as Jane Doe 20 in legal documents. Monday, the 29-year-old mother of two said that hiding something that isn’t your fault is exhausting. As a young teen, she says a man on his way to becoming a priest befriended her family and ultimately took advantage of her.

“It was not my fault and it was never my fault,” Mielke said. “The shame that I carried was not mine to carry — it was his.”

She says Father Michael Keating sexually touched her many times from the time she was…