Category Archives: SG

Jeff Anderson Responds to St. John’s Abbot

Posted on June 9, 2011
Posted in Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Richard Sipe, SG, Timothy Kelly

Having just read the statement [ View ]  released today by Abbot John Klassen on behalf of the Abbey of Saint John’s, I am alarmed and deeply sad.

Klassen/Abbey Continue to Deceive

Posted on April 26, 2011
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Bruce Wollmering, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, James Kelly, Jim Phillips, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Michael Bik, Paschal Brisson, Pirmim Wendt, Richard Eckroth, Robert Blumeyer, SG, Steve Lilly, Thomas Gillespie

In 2006, the student newspaper at St. John’s featured an article [ View ] about sexual abuse by the monks at St. John’s Abbey. The article referenced research showing that “more monks will be named and more victims will come forward”. … Continue reading →

Protected: Dissecting a Cover-Up

Posted on April 20, 2011
Posted in SG

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Abbey Statement on Father Francisco Schulte

Posted on May 18, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, BS, Francisco Schulte, Jerome Thiesen, John Klassen, Mexico, Sant' Anselmo Monastery, SG, St. John's Prep

From that time through June of 2002, Father Francisco was living at Saint John’s Abbey with “prudent, non-risk” limitations on his ministry.

Abuse allegations shake St. John’s Abbey

Posted on September 7, 2006
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, BS, Dunstan Moorse, John Klassen, Michael Bik, Pat Marker, Robert Blumeyer, SG

From September, 2006: Pat Marker: “Extensive research shows more monks will be named and more victims will come forward.” Abbot Klassen: “That is totally an unfounded, false statement. I mean false”

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 →

Abbot Klassen’s Letter Supporting Allen Tarlton’s Deception

Posted on May 28, 2002
Posted in Abbey Apology, Abbot Apologies, Allen Tarlton, BS, John Klassen, Oblates, SG

Note: The following letter was written by Abbot John Klassen, in support of Father Allen Tarlton and a letter Tarlton wrote to the members of the Oblates program. Abbot Klassen knew, when he wrote his letter, that Father Tarlton had … Continue reading →

Abuse in the Abbey Shocks Community

Posted on April 25, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, BS, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dietrich Reinhart, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Monk Travel, Restricted List, Richard Eckroth, SG, The Liturgical Press

The revelation that a former St. John’s abbot committed sexual abuse in the 1970s rocked the local community this week and left the monastery in a state of shock.