MINNESOTA
Fairbault Daily News
By CAMEY THIBODEAU cthibodeau@faribault.com
A Catholic priest who served in Faribault in the 1980s has been accused of sexual abuse and the allegations are outlined in a file recently obtained from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Archdiocese by a St. Paul attorney who is representing survivors.
According to documents from the Archdiocese file, Father James Robert Murphy was charged with criminal sexual conduct in Minneapolis for touching a moral squad officer in an adult bookstore in 1980.
In a memorandum dated Dec. 8, 1980, from Father Robert J. Carlson to the Archdiocese file of Father James Murphy, Carlson says that Murphy saw Judge Patrick Fitzgerald, who asked Judge Robert Schumacher to take the case.
The memo further stated that the two judges would ask Murphy to see Archbishop John Roach or Carlson and begin a year of probation and counseling and that psychological testing and treatment would also be ordered. Additionally, he was to report to Roach or Carlson on a regular basis and make a report to the court after one year.
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