MINNESOTA
Fox 21
[with video]
Andrew Kirov, Photojournalist
Lena Takada, Reporter, ltakada@kqdsfox21.tv
DULUTH, Minn. –
At least 5 lawsuits are being filed against the Diocese of Duluth on accusations of priests sexually abusing children.
“These cases span from the earliest I know of goes back in the fifties, the most recent goes back to the last year or two,” said Mike Finnegan, an attorney representing survivors of alleged sexual abuse by some of the priests working at the Diocese of Duluth.
Documents introduced in to evidence in one recently conducted lawsuit, Bill Weis vs. Diocese of Duluth, were released to the public for the first time.
The documents have the names of 4 accused priests, and details that attorneys said, suggest that the church had been turning a blind eye to the abuse.
“What these documents show is that the bishops of the Diocese of Duluth have known for years that there were some serious problems of priests molesting kids, here in the Diocese.”
The attorneys call for the bishop of the Diocese to release documents on the other 27 priests who are accused.
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