MINNESOTA
Fox 9
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – The Ramsey County Attorney’s office and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced Friday morning they’ve reached a settlement agreement after attorney John Choi filed criminal and civil charges against the archdiocese last summer for failing to protect children from a priest.
Choi called the settlement a “systemic change” and “cultural shift,” which bars church leadership from concealing clergy abuse.
Choi filed criminal charges against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in June “to hold it criminally accountable for its failure to protect children” which are connected to 3 separate victims of sexual abuse by former Catholic priest Curtis Wehmeyer, who is currently serving a 5-year prison sentence for molesting two boys in his parish in a camper parked outside the Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
The 24-page settlement says all future abuse allegations will go before a ministerial review board instead of one or two clergy members. The Ramsey County Attorney’s office will oversee the review board and other processes for the next 3 years.
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