Category Archives: 2013 Reunion

(SC Times) Values ring hollow with no details from school

Posted on August 7, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, John Klassen, Opinion, Pat Marker

(SC Times) We’re sorry we kicked you out, but you still can’t come back here for a year.

(SC Times) St. John’s Prep issues apology to Marker

Posted on August 3, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Pat Marker

(SC Times) COLLEGEVILLE — St. John’s Preparatory School has apologized to an alumnus who was kicked off campus during a class reunion and his classmates.

(SC Times) Your Turn: St. John’s should disclose more

Posted on July 28, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Opinion

Your Turn author Bonnie Singh helped organized the St. John’s Prep School Class of 1983 reunion held last month at which St. John’s officials had Patrick Marker, an 1983 grad and advocate for sex abuse victims, removed from the campus. … Continue reading →

(Newsleader) Marker Questions “Lies” About His Reunion Expulsion

Posted on July 26, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Pat Marker

(St. Joe Newsleader) Although Patrick Marker has received an apology from the headmaster of St. John’s Prep School, he is disgusted the apology did not contain any mention of the “lies” that were told to Marker and others about the … Continue reading →

Video from 2013 Prep School Reunion

Posted on July 25, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion

Patrick Marker, a 1983 graduate of Saint John’s Prep School graduate was invited, then trespassed, from his 30th class reunion.

Marker’s Letter to St. John’s (w/ Transcripts)

Posted on July 24, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, John Klassen, Michael Hemesath, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Shawn Vierzba, Tim Leavey

Mr. Hemesath and Abbot Klassen, This purpose of this letter is to make you aware of the false information that Saint John’s personnel provided to the Stearns County Sheriff Department on June 29, 2013. I share this information after reviewing … Continue reading →

Premeditated Embarrassment (w/ Transcript)

Posted on July 23, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Jonathan Licari, Tim Backous

The following is taken from the transcript of a call between the Stearns County Sheriff Department (SCSD) and Saint John’s Life Safety (SJLS) on June 29, 2013 at 12:19pm.

Trespass Notice from Shawn Vierzba

Posted on July 22, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Pat Marker, Shawn Vierzba

 If you are seen in or around the premises, you will be considered a “trespasser,” and the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office will be called to arrest you. – Shawn Vierzba

SC Times: St. John’s, why ban alumnus Marker now?

Posted on July 14, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Pat Marker

(SC Times Editorial) In defining its core values, St. John’s Preparatory School lists “Community” as its first one — followed by these words:

St. John’s Prep alum told to stay away for a year

Posted on July 8, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Jonathan Licari, Pat Marker

(SC Times) The St. John’s Prep School alum who was kicked out of a class reunion June 29 on campus has received a letter from the Order of St. Benedict barring him from any of its property for a year.

Letter: Prep school’s actions create shame, fear

Posted on July 8, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Opinion

(SC Times) As a former student of St. John’s Prep School, their actions toward Patrick Marker (“Critic, alumnus of Prep forced to leave reunion,” July 4) make me more embarrassed and ashamed to say I attended Prep from seventh to … Continue reading →

Critic of St. John’s told to leave school reunion

Posted on July 3, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Bill Neuhauser, Jonathan Licari, Pat Marker

(SC Times) A St. John’s Prep School alumnus who maintains a website that is critical of St. John’s Abbey and its handling of clergy sex abuse cases was kicked off the Collegeville campus last weekend while he was attending a … Continue reading →

(Fox 9 News) Victims’ advocate booted from St. John’s Prep reunion

Posted on July 3, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion, Pat Marker

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (KMSP) – It’s the season for class reunions — a time to catch up with old friends and remember nostalgic moments, but one Minnesota man was kicked out by his school after decades of advocacy for child sex abuse … Continue reading →

Critic of abuse at St John’s Prep kicked off campus during reunion

Posted on July 3, 2013
Posted in 2013 Reunion

(BringMeTheNews.com) A frequent critic of sexual abuse at St. Johns Prep School in was kicked off the Collegeville campus as he attended his 30th graduation reunion.