Fr. Marvin J. Klaers
Klaers worked early in his priesthood in New Ulm and Shakopee. He was assigned in 1965 to Hampton, then to St. Paul. In 1975 he transferred to Miesville and New Trier. He retired in 2002, continuing to help out in parishes until 6/2014. Klaers’ name was included on the Archdiocese’s 2/2015 list of accused, due to alleged abuse of an adolescent boy in the late 1970s. A lawsuit was filed 5/12/2016. Klaers denied the allegations. He died 3/12/2022.
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