Category Archives: St. John’s

Former Monk’s Novel… How Much is Fiction?

Posted on April 3, 2011
Posted in St. John's

During the final seconds of his life Jorge Blanco’s past appears as a spiraled succession of images on a dynamic canvas. Deluded by the conviction of a religious vocation and motivated by the desire to escape his troubled home life, … Continue reading →

Father Paul Marx Forced Out (Autobiography)

Posted on November 17, 2010
Posted in Paul Marx, St. John's

In 1980 the authorities at St. John’s Abbey and St. John’s University, by underhanded means, forced Father Marx to leave Collegeville and his Human Life Center and carry on his pro-life work elsewhere. The full story of this persecution is … Continue reading →

Johnnie portrays poor first impression

Posted on November 12, 2010
Posted in Opinion, St. John's

“Don’t go here, this place is a shithole”

St. John’s Abbey… on Monk Sexuality

Posted on October 11, 2010
Posted in Bob Pierson, Homosexuality, St. John's

We believe that human sexual orientation, both heterosexual and homosexual, is blessed by God as part of the original blessing of creation. We reject any suggestion that God withholds his blessings from some parts of his creation… We believe that … Continue reading →

Pahrump Resident Heads Group for Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse

Posted on December 20, 2008
Posted in Paul GoPaul, Rita Prince, SNAP, St. John's, William Skudlarek

In 2002, Pahrump resident Rita Prince heard some shocking news from her sister. Their 18-year-old brother Patrick Ryan, who hung himself in a jail cell in 1969, had been undergoing psychiatric counseling after being drugged and raped by a Catholic … Continue reading →

Dear Abbey

Posted on October 17, 2007
Posted in PR Machine, St. John's

Cruising along Interstate 94 near St. Cloud, motorists often spot a giant slab of concrete jutting upward amid the Stearns County fields.

Agents reviewing Abbey’s records

Posted on May 11, 2002
Posted in Jacob Wetterling, St. John's

Authorities investigating the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling are reviewing records of 11 monks under restrictions at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn.