MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
By Chao Xiong Star Tribune NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Attorneys representing a man who successfully sued the Diocese of Duluth for sexual abuse released documents Monday showing that diocesan officials were aware of predatory priests long before their client was molested as a teenager.
The documents on four predatory priests were first handed over by the Catholic diocese to plaintiffs’ attorneys Mike Finnegan, Jeff Anderson and Elin Lindstrom in their representation of the man, called Doe 30 in court documents.
Finnegan said he hoped that releasing the papers now would encourage abuse survivors to take legal action and pressure the diocese to release other priest files.
“These documents — seeing how dangerous these four individuals are — make us believe there are a lot of people in the Diocese of Duluth and across the state who were abused by these predators,” Finnegan said.
A diocesan spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
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