MINNESOTA
WCCO
[lawsuit]
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More information on members of the clergy accused of sexually abusing children was released on Monday.
The files of five monks who worked in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis were made public as part of a new civil lawsuit.
The monks include Robert Blumeyer, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Thomas Gillespie, Francis Hoefgen and Brennan Maiers. The public relations representative for the archdiocese said that all five names had previously been released “as part of our ongoing commitment to disclosure and transparency,” and that most of them had already received significant coverage in the media.
The monks served at St. John’s and are accused of abusing boys in the early 1970s.
Two of them — Blumeyer and Dahlheimer — have died since the alleged incidents. The other three either left or were removed from the ministry.
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