Category Archives: Jeff Anderson

Scandal at the Abbey – Part 1

Posted on December 13, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, LINKUP, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, St. John's History, Timothy Kelly

Its reputation for learning and liturgy, publishing and holiness, ecumenism and even bread-making are legendary and have grown over its 146-year existence, making St. John’s Abbey here — with its impressive abbey church and signature bell tower — a jewel … Continue reading →

Abbey has turned corner in abuse scandal, victims’ attorney says

Posted on December 13, 2002
Posted in Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, SNAP

Only five months ago, attorney Jeffrey Anderson of St. Paul lambasted Benedictine monks at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., as “the worst among the orders — the darkest of the dark.”

(PBS) 2002 St. John’s Abbey Settlement

Posted on October 18, 2002
Posted in Jeff Anderson

(PBS) BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: One famous Catholic center that has tried to balance the rights of victims against the rights of accused priests is St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. As members of the Benedictine order, those there are not … Continue reading →

St. John’s Abbey, abuse victims agree to settlement

Posted on October 2, 2002
Posted in David Clohessy, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, SNAP

Collegeville — Gathered on the very grounds where monks of St. John’s Abbey sexually abused them, past victims Tuesday embraced reparations they hope will become a model for the Roman Catholic Church.

Abbey promises change

Posted on October 2, 2002
Posted in David Clohessy, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Review Board, SNAP

Collegeville – Expressing his sorrow to victims who had been sexually abused by St. John’s Abbey monks, Abbot John Klassen outlined Tuesday a far-reaching settlement that ensures that new abuse allegations against monks will be reported to an outside investigative … Continue reading →

Settlement creates nonclergy review board

Posted on October 2, 2002
Posted in Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Review Board, Robert Stich

Collegeville – St. John’s Abbey will create an external review board and pay an undisclosed amount to about a dozen victims of clergy sex abuse as part of a settlement announced Tuesday. Victims, their attorney and abbey officials said the … Continue reading →

Statement by Abbot John Klassen, OSB

Posted on October 1, 2002
Posted in Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Review Board, Settlement Information

Collegeville, Minn. — Today Saint John’s Abbey is announcing a settlement agreement that is the result of several months of intensive negotiation between Saint John’s Abbey and Jeffrey Anderson in his role as legal representative of victims of sexual abuse … Continue reading →

Decades Of Abuse And Secrecy At St. John’s Abbey

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Columba Stewart, Dunstan Moorse, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Robert Stich, SG

As allegations of sex abuse and coverup in the Catholic Church shook the nation this year, St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., confronted its own dark past. Former students came forward, some for the first time, to talk about what … Continue reading →

Abuse Victims, Abbey Settle Claims

Posted on September 27, 2002
Posted in Columba Stewart, Jeff Anderson, Robert Stich

Victims of sexual abuse by monks from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., have reached a broad financial settlement with the abbey, attorney Jeff Anderson said Thursday.

Criminal prosecution of priests considered

Posted on July 13, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, Jim Kostreba, William Skudlarek

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three cases of alleged sex abuse by priests for possible criminal prosecution, said Sheriff Jim Kostreba. He declined to provide details about the cases but said recently that the investigations began several weeks … Continue reading →

Sex abuse suit filed against St. John’s monks

Posted on June 21, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson

Calling for an end to secrecy about sex abuse by monks at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., attorney Jeff Anderson filed a lawsuit on behalf of two men who allege that two monks at the abbey abused them when … Continue reading →

Criminal prosecution of priests considered

Posted on June 13, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, Jim Kostreba

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three cases of alleged sex abuse by priests for possible criminal prosecution, said Sheriff Jim Kostreba.

Lawsuit Widens Claims of Abuse

Posted on June 7, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Thomas Gillespie, William Skudlarek

Declaring themselves victims of sexual abuse and claiming that St. John’s Abbey has covered up such abuse for decades, two former prep school students on Thursday sued the abbey and two priests already living under restrictions because of sexual misconduct.

St. John’s Abbey Restricts 14th Monk

Posted on June 7, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Richard Eckroth, William Skudlarek

St. John’s Abbey officials have confirmed that a 14th member has been put on restrictions after being accused of sexual misconduct.

St. John’s Abbey looks at a lawsuit

Posted on June 6, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, William Skudlarek

Two men who say monks abused them as teenagers are suing St. John’s Abbey. Their case, filed in St. Cloud, names two individual monks and the entire Benedictine monastic order as defendants. The suit claims St. John’s has been concealing … Continue reading →

Sins of a Father: ‘Sauna Kids’ Abuse

Posted on May 18, 2002
Posted in Bahamas, Jeff Anderson, Rene McGraw, Richard Eckroth, Vessels

Sins of a Father: ‘Sauna Kids’ Abuse; a Remote Retreat in Minnesota Allegedly Was Turned into a Sexual Playhouse by a Catholic Monk Who Has Been Accused of Repeatedly Molesting Young Boys and Girls.

Report: Documents Show Abbot Transferred Accused Priest to School

Posted on May 16, 2002
Posted in Benilde-St. Margaret's, Dunstan Moorse, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen

The former abbot of St. John’s Abbey knew it was a risk to transfer a priest accused of sexually abusing students to a teaching position at a Twin Cities school, internal abbey documents show.

St. John’s Abbey let priests keep post after allegation

Posted on May 15, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Bahamas, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, Monk Travel, Richard Eckroth, St. Luke's, Timothy Kelly

St. John’s Abbey was told in the late 1980s that the Rev. Richard Eckroth had allegedly sexually abused a boy years earlier.

St. John’s scandal shows need for legal reform, abuse victims say

Posted on May 14, 2002
Posted in Celibacy, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth, Statute of Limitations

Legal experts say there is little that the victims can do in the wake of accusations of sex abuse at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville. Dozens of people have come forward over the years alleging sexual abuse by monks from … Continue reading →

Women accuse St. John’s Abbey priest of abuse

Posted on May 9, 2002
Posted in Charlie Weaver, Dean Barkley, Jeff Anderson, Jim Kostreba, John Eidenschink, Richard Eckroth

They were supposed to be joyous getaways with a priest well known by their families, a man who loved the outdoors and enjoyed taking groups of six or seven children on weekend outings in the 1970s.