MINNESOTA
Canonical Consultation

Jennifer Haselberger

01/12/2015

‘…when first we practice to deceive’. Or at least so said Sir Walter Scott, writing in ‘Marmion’. The quote is a particularly apt choice to introduce my reflections on today’s release of the personnel file of Father Michael Keating, a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis ‘on leave’ as a result of accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor. Although much of what the file contains was known to me before today, this most recent review of its contents has left me with seven questions that I believe require a response from the Archdiocese. They are as follows:

1). Where is the rest of the file?

Those of you who have read my affidavit in the Doe 1 case know that I testified about the situation of Father Keating, and also listed several documents that demonstrate the extent of…