Category Archives: Jeff Anderson

Suit says St. Luke clergy treatment center failed to protect victims

Posted on November 19, 2013
Posted in Fran Hoefgen, Jeff Anderson, John Kinney, Patrick Wall, St. Luke's

(Star Tribune) Lawyers filed suit Tuesday morning in St. Paul against a Catholic-run treatment facility that cared for an abusive priest who then was sent to a new parish where he allegedly targeted a 10-year-old boy for years of repeated … Continue reading →

Demands grow to see secret list of Minnesota priests accused of abuse

Posted on October 9, 2013
Posted in Aelred Senna, David Clohessy, James Porter, Jeff Anderson, Pat Marker, Patrick Wall, Terence McKiernan

(StarTribune.com)  Sometimes lists are posted online and then disappear. Such was the case with St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville. In the spring of 2011, the abbey became the first religious order in Minnesota to publicly release a list of monks who … Continue reading →

Victim recounts abuse at St. John’s Prep

Posted on June 6, 2013
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant

I thought no one would have believed me. Now at the age of 50, I can finally stand up for myself and talk about what happened to me. By doing this, I hope others who have been abused as children … Continue reading →

Sauk Rapids man sues abbey, school, Benedictine order under new law

Posted on June 5, 2013
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Child Victims Act, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant

“I want kids to know that if they’ve been molested by priests, that they can come forward, and they need to get help,” he said. “If one person, one kid, comes out and gets help, then this will have been … Continue reading →

St. John’s Abbey Lawsuit Coming (Tarlton)

Posted on June 4, 2013
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Child Victims Act, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant

At a news conference on Wednesday (June 5, 2013) in St. Cloud, MN prominent clergy abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will introduce the childhood sexual abuse survivor who is courageously brining suit against the Order of St. Benedict which includes St. … Continue reading →

New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits

Posted on May 24, 2013
Posted in Child Victims Act, Jeff Anderson, Karen Bockelman, Mark Dayton, Ron Latz, Steve Simon

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file lawsuits against both abusers and the institutions that employed them will have greater access to Minnesota’s court system under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature.

Lawsuit claims St. John’s Abbey knew of sexual abuse in 1958

Posted on July 19, 2012
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Jeff Anderson

A lawsuit filed today against St. John’s Abbey accuses the religious order of knowing about sexual abuse allegations against a member of the order as far back as 1958, yet letting him teach at St. John’s until 1990.

1992 Lawsuit Against Father Allan Tarlton (Video)

Posted on July 15, 2012
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Jeff Anderson

Local television news coverage of the October 1992 filing of a lawsuit by attorney Jeff Anderson against Saint John’s Abbey and Father Allen Tarlton.    

Anderson campaigns to publish names of alleged abusive priests

Posted on January 31, 2012
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Kevin McDonough, Terence McKiernan

St. Cloud, Minn. — For at least the last 10 years, Catholic dioceses across the country have created lists of priests credibly accused of sexual misconduct.

Child Sex Lawsuit Filed Against Weber, St. Cloud Diocese

Posted on December 13, 2011
Posted in Dan Carle, Jeff Anderson, Michael Weber

(Fox 9) ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Virginia man is filing a lawsuit against the Diocese of St. Cloud and former deacon and United Way board member Michael Weber, alleging sexual abuse suffered by the while vacationing as a child … Continue reading →

Lawsuit against St. Cloud Diocese alleges sexual assault, cover-up

Posted on December 13, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Michael Weber

(MPR) St. Paul, Minn. — A lawsuit filed Tuesday morning accuses a former Catholic church deacon of sexual assault and charges the St. Cloud Diocese with covering it up.

St. Cloud diocese sued for alleged abuse

Posted on December 13, 2011
Posted in Dan Carle, Jane Marrin, Jeff Anderson, Michael Weber

(StarTribune) Attorneys for a 47-year-old man filed suit Tuesday in Minneapolis claiming he was sexually abused about 40 years ago by a former Catholic deacon and prominent Minnesota child welfare advocate.

Victim discusses case against St. Cloud diocese, former deacon

Posted on December 13, 2011
Posted in Dan Carle, Jeff Anderson, Michael Weber

(SC Times) A man who lives in the state of Virginia has sued the St. Cloud diocese and former deacon Michael Weber, accusing Weber of sexual abuse and the diocese of covering it up.

Former St. Cloud deacon Weber focus of lawsuit

Posted on December 12, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Michael Weber

(SC Times) A St. Paul attorney who has represented accusers in clergy sex-abuse cases intends to announce today plans for a lawsuit in a case involving a former St. Cloud diocese deacon.

Abbey requests Schulte’s files remain private

Posted on September 18, 2011
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Michael Ford

(SC Times) The attorneys representing St. John’s Abbey, St. John’s Prep School, the Order of St. Benedict and the Rev. Francisco Schulte are asking a Stearns County judge to keep secret any documents, information or evidence that they turn over … Continue reading →

St. John’s University President Linked to Abbey Coverup

Posted on June 27, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jeff Anderson, Robert Koopmann, Visiting Clergy/Professors, Visiting Monk/Priest

Many of the monks at St. John’s Abbey knew about Br. Parry’s misconduct. On one occasion, Fr. Bob Koopmann made a joke about “blowing a student” that was clearly directed at Br. Parry. – virtueonline.org

More Lies from Abbey, Br. Paul Richards

Posted on June 24, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jeff Anderson, Paul Richards

St. John’s Abbey spokesman, Brother Paul Richards, said abbey officials were just learning about the allegations. He had no other comment.  

Former leader of boys choir at Missouri abbey admits sexual misconduct

Posted on June 23, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Hanus, Jerome Thiesen, Pat Marker

And in 1981, the lawsuit says, Parry had sexual contact with a student at St. John’s in Minnesota. Parry admitted that misconduct to several people, including abbots at Conception and St. John’s, according to the lawsuit. Parry stayed at St. … Continue reading →

Missouri abbey faces suit; former St. Cloud bishop accused of abuse cover-up

Posted on June 23, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Hanus, Jerome Thiesen

It also alleges he admitted a relationship with a student in 1981 while he was at St. John’s. Parry admitted the sexual misconduct to Theisen and two other monks at St. John’s, the lawsuit claims. Parry was allowed to remain … Continue reading →

Lawsuit alleges abuse of boys by monk at Conception Abbey

Posted on June 23, 2011
Posted in Bede Parry, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Hanus, Jerome Thiesen

Between 1973 and 1979, the lawsuit says, Parry told Hanus that he had been involved in three inappropriate sexual relationships. And in 1981, the lawsuit says, Parry had sexual contact with a student at St. John’s in Minnesota. Parry admitted … Continue reading →