MINNESOTA
KAAL
By: Stephen Tellier
The storm swirling around the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis continues to gather strength.
There were two big developments on Thursday. Affectionate emails surfaced that a young girl said she got from an older man studying to be a priest. She’s now suing him for sexual abuse. Also, police went public in their search for any potential victims of abuse by clergy.
The St. Paul Police Department’s plea to come forward was not prompted by the emails. They’re working an unrelated case. But both do involve priests, and some fear there may soon be more disturbing cases of misconduct to investigate.
Just days ago, Rev. Michael Keating was hit with a lawsuit, accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl more than a decade ago. On Thursday, the attorney who filed that lawsuit released more than 50 pages of emails he said were all sent from Keating to his client.
“The emails reflect the perverse kind of nature of the romantic relationship this adult, then a priest seminarian, had with her as a child,” said Jeff Anderson, the attorney who filed the lawsuit.
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