Delayed Public Disclosure

Posted on January 15, 2014
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, John Klassen, Joshua Guimond, Review Board

The following is an excerpt from an updated page on this web site. The page, originally posted on March 26, 2011, was recently modified to include excerpts (below) from a memo written by Abbot John Klassen and minutes from the External Review Board.

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Majority of St. Cloud Perps Have Ties to St. John’s

Posted on January 4, 2014
Posted in 2014 St. Cloud List

Twenty-two of the thirty-three religious named by the Diocese of Saint Cloud on Friday have ties to Saint John’s.

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St. Cloud Diocese reveals names of priests

Posted on January 3, 2014
Posted in 2014 St. Cloud List

(StarTribune) The St. Cloud Diocese on Friday released the names of 33 priests who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct with children, bringing to nearly 100 the total names of such priests revealed in the past month in Minnesota.

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Omissions by The Diocese of Saint Cloud

Posted on January 3, 2014
Posted in 2014 St. Cloud List, Angelo Zankl, Dan Ward, Jonathan Licari, Mel Taylor

The list of religious offenders produced today by the Diocese of Saint Cloud includes thirty-three names. The list includes the names of religious who offended within the diocese. It also includes the names of religious who worked within the diocese but offended elsewhere.

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St. Cloud Diocese List Includes Eight from Abbey

Posted on January 3, 2014
Posted in 2014 St. Cloud List

At 4:13pm on a Friday afternoon, the Diocese of Saint Cloud issued a press release identifying thirty-three religious who have been accused of sexual misconduct with minors. The list includes eight monk of the Saint John’s Abbey.
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Meet Roger Julkowski

Posted on January 3, 2014
Posted in Dunstan Tucker, Jacob Wetterling, John Gagliardi, Roger Julkowski, The Farm, The Liturgical Press

1972_julkowski_dekalbJanuary 3, 2104 Update: One of Roger Julkowski’s former students provided information about Julkowski’s year in Dekalb, Illinois. During the 1971-1972 school year, Julkowski’s landlord reportedly caught Julkowski with a student – and the police caught Julkowski urinating in public. This misconduct occurred approximately four years after coach John Gagliardi and Dunstan Tucker had Roger Julkowski removed from Saint John’s University. Read More

Rev. Mathias Faue Allegations

Posted on January 2, 2014
Posted in Mathias Faue

According to a 2013 document produced by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Father Mathias Faue, O.S.B. [ More ] was accused of misconduct with children dating back to 1966. Mathias Faue was a monk at Saint John’s Abbey from 1945-1950.

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Suit Filed By Abuse Victim Against St. Cloud Diocese

Posted on January 2, 2014
Posted in James Thoennes, Jeff Anderson, Michael Bryant

Anderson says Thoennes is still working at St. John’s Abbey as an archivist, and has been accused by multiple people in years past.

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Duluth list of accused priests includes 3 with Collegeville ties

Posted on January 2, 2014
Posted in 2013 Duluth List, Aelred Senna, Angelo Zankl, Brennan Maiers, Othmar Hohmann

(SC Times) The Diocese of Duluth on Tuesday released the names of 17 priests who it says were credibly accused of sexual abuse.
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Duluth List includes Zankl, Hohmann and Maiers

Posted on December 31, 2013
Posted in 2013 Duluth List, Angelo Zankl, Brennan Maiers, Othmar Hohmann

Three monks from St. John’s were named in a Diocese of Duluth report today.

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Diocese of Duluth releases names of accused priests

Posted on December 31, 2013
Posted in 2013 Duluth List, Angelo Zankl, Brennan Maiers, Othmar Hohmann

The Diocese of Duluth today released a list of 17 of its former priests who have been determined to be credibly accused of sexually abusing children.

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Nativity Thieves Identified But Unnamed

Posted on December 20, 2013
Posted in Jerome Tupa, St. Joseph Parish

The December 9, 2013 headline: “St. Joseph church reports stolen nativity figurines”

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Fr. Jerome Tupa / WCCO

News of the theft – and Father Jerome Tupa’s wish for a Christmas miracle – broke on the morning of December 9, the same day that Saint John’s Abbey released the names of eighteen monks likely to have offended against minors.

Six of the eighteen offending monks worked at the Church of St. Joseph. Tupa [ More ] is a monk from Saint John’s Abbey.

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Father Othmar Hohmann Timeline

Posted on December 20, 2013
Posted in Othmar Hohmann

As of December 20, 2013, at least four women have reported sexual abuse by Father Othmar Hohmann, OSB.  In each report, the abuse occurred in the victim’s home.

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Peace and Justice / Death Row / Sullivan / Schulte

Posted on December 19, 2013
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Peter Sullivan, Reinaldo Rivera

According to the October 19, 2012 issue of The Record, Saint John’s Abbey has a Peace and Justice Committee.

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Tevlin: The Catholic Church’s long, weird week

Posted on December 17, 2013
Posted in Aelred Senna, John Nienstedt, Kevin McDonough, Pat Marker, Peter Sullivan

Patrick Marker has run a website dedicated to exposing abusive priests and offering a platform for victims for more than 10 years, so he’s used to getting mail.

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Prep School Headmaster’s Exit from External Review Board

Posted on December 17, 2013
Posted in John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Review Board
[Webmaster’s Note: According to an October 22, 2013 email from Abbot John Klassen, “Fr. Jonathan voluntarily submitted to an evaluation by a qualified, highly-regarded therapist. This evaluation was thorough and covered all relevant issues.” The “evaluation” came after Fr. Jonathan Licari’s removal from the External Review Board in September of 2003, following an allegation of misconduct involving a minor.] [Webmaster’s Note: Father Jonathan Licari, OSB is currently headmaster at Saint John’s Preparatory School, a school for grades 6-12 in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA).]

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Monk, St. John’s Abbey apologize for message prompted by blog post

Posted on December 16, 2013
Posted in Aelred Senna, John Klassen, Pat Marker, Peter Sullivan

(SC Times) COLLEGEVILLE — Officials at St. John’s Abbey are doing damage control after one of its monks sent an expletive-ridden anonymous message to a blogger who has chronicled sexual abuse of students by abbey monks.
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A Victim Shares…

Posted on December 16, 2013
Posted in Othmar Hohmann, Pedophilia, St. Joseph Parish, Victim Expression


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St. John’s Covered Up Abuse by Visiting Monk

Posted on December 15, 2013
Posted in Anthony Gorman, Bede Parry, Dan Ward, Finian McDonald, Jerome Thiesen, John Klassen, John P Boyle, Paul Richards, Rene McGraw, Robert Koopmann, Roman Paur

Br. Bede Parry from Conception Abbey in Missouri attended the St. John’s University School of Theology between 1979 and 1982. During his second year, Br. Parry pursued a college freshman, twenty years his junior, who was interested in music and the priesthood. The first sexual misconduct included oral sex in a St. John’s University music room in the spring of 1981. The misconduct continued into the fall of 1981 when another student, also being pursued by Br. Parry, reported the misconduct to Fr. Rene McGraw.

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INVESTIGATORS: A monk’s message (Video)

Posted on December 15, 2013
Posted in John Klassen, Peter Sullivan

(Fox 9) “I hope you die a thousand deaths” — shocking and violent words from a Catholic monk in Minnesota whose message led to an apology from the head of St. John’s Abbey for a victim of sexual abuse — and a criminal investigation.
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