MINNESOTA
KMSP
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – Brand new, once-secret files on 19 monks from St. John’s Abbey show they may have abused hundreds of children. Attorney Jeff Anderson released the files of 5 of those monks Tuesday, saying time is running out for victims to step forward.
St. John’s Abbey agreed to release these files as part of a court settlement with a victim who was known as John Doe No. 2. That victim’s real name is Troy Bramlage, and he stepped forward to encourage other victims to do the same.
“We still need to get our voices out to people who have not come forward,” Bramlage said.
Anderson released the files of 5 previously accused monks, but the documents on one of them — Father Finian McDonald — shows a man with a troubled past.
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