MINNESOTA
KARE
By Julie Nelson Steve Eckert February 11, 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Ramsey County judge is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether top Catholic Church officials should be forced to testify under oath in a civil case brought by an abuse victim.
On the eve of the hearing, KARE 11 News has obtained confidential church records documenting a pattern of abuse that dates back decades.
At the center, two alleged victims. Two accused priests. And one stunning swap.
Before sitting down with KARE 11, Sally Olson had never told her story publicly. She says she was abused when she was just 15 when a priest approached her after confession.
“We had finished confession and he grabbed me and he brought me toward him,” she says. “And held me and said, ‘I am going to kiss you.’ And he did.”
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