MINNESOTA
MinnPost
By Joe Kimball
The late Monsignor J. Jerome Boxleitner, the long-time head of Catholic Charities who died in 2013, is on a new list of priests accused of sexual abuse.
Boxleitner is one of 17 priests on the list released Wednesday by attorney Jeff Anderson.
Shortly before Boxleitner died, St. Paul officials wanted to name a building for him, but the priest said he didn’t want that, noting: “you should never name something after someone until they’ve been dead for 10 years, to be sure you haven’t made a mistake.”
The Pioneer Press said Anderson’s firm filed a notice of claim with the archdiocese for those 17. “A claim is a precursor to a lawsuit, but because the archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy protection, no new suits can be filed and the claims will be filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court as part of its reorganization,” the story said.
Boxleitner was widely lauded when he died in May, 2013, for his 21 years at Catholic Charities and his work with the homeless.
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