MINNESOTA
Mankato Free Press
By Robb Murray
rmurray@mankatofreepress.com
Ten of the 14 priests whose names are on the list of Winona Diocese priests accused of sexually abusing minors served at parishes in the Mankato area.
The list of names, released by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, was filed Monday morning in Ramsey County District Court, a day before the deadline set by a Ramsey County judge.
Among the names of priests who served at Mankato-area parishes were:
• Sylvester F. Brown, who served at SS. Peter and Paul in Blue Earth in 1970s, Immaculate Conception in St. Clair in and St. Ann in Janesville from 1989 to 2007. He died in 2010.
• Joseph Cashman, who served at St. Joseph in Good Thunder and Loyola High School in 1967 and St. John the Baptist in Mankato in 1977.
• William D. Curtis, who served at St. Joseph in Good Thunder in 1984. He died in 2001.
• Richard H. Hatch, who served at St. James in St. James in 1960. He died in 2005.
• Ferdinand L. Kaiser, who served at SS. Peter and Paul in Blue Earth in 1944, and All Saints in New Richland in 1952. He died in 1973.
• Jack L. Krough, who served at All Saints in New Richland and St. Joseph in Waldorf in 1990.
• James W. Lennon, who served at St. James in St. James in 1978. He died in 2000.
• Leland J. Smith, who served at SS. Peter and Paul in Blue Earth in 1953 and St. Casmir in Wells in 1960.
• Robert H. Taylor, who served at St. Mary in Madelia in 1984, Holy Family in Lake Crystal and St. Katherine in Truman in 1985. He died in 2012.
• Leo Charles Koppala, who served at SS. Peter and Paul in Blue Earth and St. Mary in Winnebago in 2009.
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