MINNESOTA
CBS Minnesota
Bill Hudson
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Suspicions over a Minnesota monk’s alleged molestation of children are following him to his grave.
Funeral services were held for Richard Eckroth on Friday at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville amid new revelations about his past.
A number of private documents related to the case were released Friday, which show that St. John’s Abbey officials knew of serious problems with Eckroth as early as 1993.
Father Eckroth was placed on a list of credibly-accused priests in 2002.
One document is the psychological and physical examination report that was done on Eckroth by St. Luke Institute in Maryland in 1993. It recommends that Eckroth have no unsupervised contact with minors.
St. John’s Abbey has been criticized for keeping the sexual allegations quiet from everyone, including authorities.
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