MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran Apr 28, 2015
Documents released Tuesday show that the Rev. Allen Tarlton, a St. John’s Abbey monk, has admitted in writing to sexually abusing at least one high school student at St. John’s Preparatory School.
In a 14-page undated memoir released by the abbey as part of a lawsuit, Tarlton, 87, described how he invited a high school senior to his room and sexually touched him.
“I used some excuse that I was studying nude art and wanted to study his body,” Tarlton wrote. “He came to my room on several occasions and lay nude on my bed, while I pretended to be studying some art books that were lying open on my desk.”
Tarlton gave the boy wine during one of the visits and the boy threw up, he wrote. He touched the boy inappropriately during about three separate visits, according to the document.
“I was not involved with any other high school student until many years later,” he wrote.
Tarlton also described sexual contact with at least 10 adult students at St. John’s University. In one case, he admitted to giving a college student a sleeping pill and sexually touching him while he slept.
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