MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
By Jean Hopfensperger Star Tribune JULY 20, 2016
In a court appearance Wednesday morning, lawyers for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said it is complying with a historic clergy sex abuse settlement reached last year. It was the first report required under a settlement of civil charges against the church.
The Ramsey County attorney’s office had filed both civil and criminal charges against the archdiocese last year for failure to protect children from the former St. Paul priest Curtis Wehmeyer, now serving time in prison for abusing two sons of a parish employee in a trailer outside his church.
An unusual settlement was reached in the civil case last December, requiring the archdiocese to follow a new child protection accountability system outlined by the court. Provisions include creating new procedures for responding to clergy abuse claims, appointing an independent ombudsperson to assist abuse victims and their families, and allowing the Ramsey County attorney’s office to make recommendations for appointments to the archdiocese’s Ministerial Review Board — among other things.
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