Category Archives: Patrick Wall

The “Pedophile’s Paradise”

Posted on February 3, 2009
Posted in Patrick Wall, ToDo

Wall’s first call as a sex-abuse fixer knocked on his door one morning in 1991, while he was brushing his teeth. [Pat] Wall was not yet a priest, just a monk studying at St. John’s University in Minnesota. The abbot … Continue reading →

Credibly Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Posted on February 11, 2008
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Patrick Wall, Paul GoPaul, Rene McGraw, Review Board, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe

St. John’s Abbey Benedictine establishment at Collegeville, MN, the largest Benedictine monastery in the western world, adjacent to St. John’s University and St. John’s Preparatory School. At least 14 of the abbey’s nearly 200 monks have been credibly accused of … Continue reading →

Former monk now investigates priests

Posted on September 1, 2005
Posted in Patrick Wall

SANTA ANA – In bright sunlight, Patrick Wall walked in darkness. Lost in the secular world. After 11 years as a Benedictine monk – six as a priest – he had renounced his vows and left St. John’s Abbey.

Priest Quits Church to Expose Scandals

Posted on August 28, 2005
Posted in Patrick Wall, Richard Sipe, Thomas Doyle

Irish Benedictine monk Patrick Wall thought his life was over when he quit the priesthood in disgust at the way he claims his bosses covered up sickening sex scandals.

‘Divorce’ from the Benedictines

Posted on August 20, 2005
Posted in John Klassen, Patrick Wall, Richard Sipe, Thomas Doyle

SANTA ANA, Calif. — After 11 years as a monk, Patrick Wall was so disheartened by cases of sexual abuse, he renounced his vows and left the abbey. now, he works investigating abusive priests

This American Life: Act Two. Confession.

Posted on October 8, 2004
Posted in Dan Ward, Patrick Wall

Act two, Confession. We turn now to stories about people who are operating behind enemy lines in one way or another. And we begin with the story of a young priest who is sent out on a series of jobs … Continue reading →

Former ‘fixer’ now helps the abuse victims

Posted on September 6, 2003
Posted in Patrick Wall

He liked the job at first. His superiors liked him. He was 26, he was moving fast, and he was doing God’s work. But by the time he’d taken over his fourth parish in four years, he realized he wasn’t … Continue reading →

From Monk to Sex Plaintiffs’ Advocate

Posted on January 19, 2003
Posted in Patrick Wall, Richard Sipe, William Skudlarek

As a Benedictine monk, Patrick Wall gained the reputation as a fix-it priest for the Catholic Church. His first four assignments wearing a Roman collar: straightening out parishes tainted by molestation and financial scandal.