Category Archives: SNAP

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.”

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 →

To clergy victims, acknowledgment proves invaluable

Posted on October 2, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Craig Martin, David Clohessy, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Review Board, Richard Eckroth, SNAP, Thomas Gillespie

Collegeville – An apology, validation and a promise to ensure sexual abuse won’t happen to another child or adult. These, for many survivors of clergy sexual abuse, are far more important than financial settlement.

Abbey could offer guidance amid scandal

Posted on May 5, 2002
Posted in David Clohessy, John Klassen, Richard Sipe, SNAP, St. John's History

In an idyllic campus setting 80 miles from the Twin Cities, the world’s largest Benedictine abbey houses a university, prep school, monastery _ and more than a dozen monks under restrictions for life for sexually abusing adolescents or young adults.