MINNESOTA
Washington Post
By Associated Press May 9
MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest on a lawsuit accusing a Minnesota bishop of suppressing a report of sexual abuse (all times local):
5:15 p.m.
A Catholic diocese in Minnesota says its bishop denies coercing a deacon candidate into remaining silent about a priest he alleges abused him decades earlier.
The Diocese of Crookston says in a statement that Bishop Michael Hoeppner (HEP’-ner) “categorically denies that he in any way forced, coerced or encouraged” Ronald Vasek not to report his allegations against Monsignor Roger Grundhaus.
The statement also says Vasek’s allegations against Grundhaus were reported to law enforcement in 2011.
The diocese said it plans to conduct a thorough investigation and that it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment further until it’s completed.
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