MINNESOTA
Northlands News Center
[with video]
[part 1]
[statement from the Duluth diocese]
By Barbara Reyelts
October 20, 2015
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) — The Duluth Catholic Diocese is under fire from a lawsuit claiming the sexual abuse, by priests, of children from 1956 through 1974.
The Diocese has been ordered by the St. Louis County District Court to turn over all records on child sex abuse by clergy during those years.
While it may seem like it all happened long ago, experts say the tragic effects of child sexual abuse continue to plague victims throughout their lives.
“It was very traumatic for me,” Gene Saumer, who lived at St. James Orphanage.
“I couldn’t deal with these feelings, I felt inadequate,” Larry Dickinson, who lived at St. James Orphanage from 1968-70, said.
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