MINNESOTA
KEYC
By Kelsey Barchenger
The names of multiple priests accused of sexually abusing children while working for the New Ulm Diocese has just been released.
Just within the last hour the New Ulm Diocese has released the names of 16 of its priests accused of sexually abusing children from the 1940s through the ’90’s. Of these 16 men, 13 are deceased.
New Ulm is the last of the state’s six dioceses to release such a list.
This morning, two of the victims of abuse along with their attorneys spoke out at a press conference on the matter, saying this is not only a big first step in their over two year court battle to get these names released, but it’s also a chance for other victims to come forward.
Mike Finnegan said, “It’s extremely important to them–number one for child protection that there’s no more secrets around sex abuse in the Diocese of New Ulm and number two to reach out to all the survivors that are out there suffering secrecy, silence and shame that they know they can get help and they can come forward confidentially but time is running out.”
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