MINNESOTA
WCCO
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A police report obtained by WCCO details a Chicago County woman’s claims against a prominent Twin Cities priest and University of St. Thomas professor.
The woman claims he abused her starting when she was just 13 years old.
That report also details an accusation that the Rev. Michael Keating was investigated for being sexually involved with a 14-year-old Italian girl. Keating is now on a voluntary leave from his job as a professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas.
The police report includes the transcript of the woman’s interview with the Chisago County Sheriff’s Department where she details being molested. And it also details that officials at the highest level of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis were aware of the allegations involving a second teenager in Italy.
The 68-page report said Keating, then a seminary student and a friend of the Chisago County girl’s parents, was often an overnight guest at the family home.
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