Regarding Dr. Anthony Tabor

Posted on November 18, 2013
Posted in Anthony Tabor, Bruce Wollmering, Finian McDonald

Dr_Anthony_Tabor Doctor Anthony Tabor worked in the Saint John’s University Psychology Department with Father Bruce Wollmering and Father Finian McDonald from 1967 until 1976.

The three men worked as counselors for numerous students in Collegeville.

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Background for Father Anthony Ruff, OSB

Posted on November 13, 2013
Posted in Anthony Ruff

*** Simple Vows (Quarterly – July, 1989)

Brother Anthony (William) Ruff was born in 1963, and was raised on his family’s farm near Franklin, Minnesota. At Franklin High School he was class president, Future Farmers of America president, a band and choir member, and served as statistician for football and basketball. As it turned out, these activities did not always leave a lot of time to do farm work, he said.

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Abbey History Minimizes Abuse

Posted on November 12, 2013
Posted in Baldwin Dworschak, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, Timothy Kelly

In a new 4,200 word history on the Saint John’s Abbey web site [ View ] , a total of 40 words are spent on the sexual abuse scandal.
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St. John’s student missing since Nov. 2002

Posted on November 12, 2013
Posted in Joshua Guimond

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (KMSP) – Family and friends are still searching for Josh Guimond, the St. John’s University student who was reported missing Nov. 10, 2002.
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Father Finian McDonald… At Least Nine Victims

Posted on November 5, 2013
Posted in Bruce Wollmering, Finian McDonald, John Klassen

At least six people, including at least a minor at the time, have alleged sexual misconduct by Father Finian McDonald, a monk at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA). At least three other individuals have accused Father Finian McDonald of sexual harassment dating back to the mid-1960s.

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Father David Ostrowski Background

Posted on November 4, 2013
Posted in David Ostrowski

Father David Ostrowski is a former monk at Saint John’s Abbey. Ostrowski was listed in the Abbey’s Ordo (a directory of monks) from 1986 until 2001. [ View ]

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April, 2013 Letter to Abbot John Klassen (re Licari)

Posted on October 25, 2013
Posted in Chrysostom Kim, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari, Pat Marker, Tom Andert

Fr. Licari’s dismissal from the board was due to an alleged incident of sexual misconduct. My recollection, from conversations with you and others, was that Fr. Licari was accused of making inappropriate contact with a minor while he served as pastor at Holy Name Parish in Medina, Minnesota. It is further my understanding that Fr. Licari did not dispute the contact, though (as one would expect) he disputed the intent. 

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Feedback Regarding WR

Posted on October 25, 2013
Posted in Web Site Feedback

I received your message but the email you provided doesn’t work.

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Licari, Ward linked to Twin Cities Church Scandal

Posted on October 24, 2013
Posted in Dan Ward, Harry Flynn, John Bussman, Jonathan Licari, Kevin McDonough

Two monks from Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA), Father Jonathan Licari and Father Dan Ward, have been linked to the sexual abuse scandal at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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Leave a porch light on for Jacob Wetterling

Posted on October 22, 2013
Posted in Jacob Wetterling

The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center is asking residents to leave a porch light on Tuesday in honor of Wetterling, who went missing 24 years ago.

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Timothy Backous… Health Issues

Posted on October 20, 2013
Posted in Tim Backous

According to the October 13, 2013 Immaculate Heart of Mary bulletin [ View ]:

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Flynn, Abbey Silent on Bik’s Abuse for Eight Years

Posted on October 19, 2013
Posted in Harry Flynn, John Klassen, Michael Bik, Review Board

Archbishop Harry Flynn,  Abbot Timothy Kelly and Abbot John Klassen all knew of sexual abuse by Father Michael Bik long before the abuse was finally made public in 2006.

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Protected: Father Licari Lied to Victim, Covered Up Abuse

Posted on October 13, 2013
Posted in Dominic Keller, Jonathan Licari

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Multiple, Credible Allegations against Abbey Monk

Posted on October 13, 2013
Posted in Dominic Keller, John Klassen, Jonathan Licari

In a June of 2011, Father Jonathan Licari wrote to a victim of sexual abuse:

“There have been other credible allegations against Fr. Dominic and his name will be added to the list of other monks with credible allegations against them. We are in the process of up-dating our web-site and it may take until the end of the summer before his name appears but it will be added.”

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Meet Father Jonathan Licari, OSB

Posted on October 13, 2013
Posted in Jonathan Licari

Father Jonathan Licari, OSB
Timeline & Information

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Recent Tips & The Real Trail

Posted on October 11, 2013
Posted in Andre Bennett, Bruce Wollmering, Finian McDonald, Phil Harrer, Robert Blumeyer

Web Site Visitors…. Thank you for the recent tips regarding Father Phil Harrer, Father Bruce Wollmering, Father Finian McDonald, Father Andre Bennett,  and Father Robert Blumeyer.

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Administrative History – Saint John’s Prep

Posted on October 11, 2013
Posted in Gordon Tavis, Jonathan Licari, Linus Aschman, Phil Harrer, Tom Andert

* Denotes Accused of Misconduct with a Minor

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Demands grow to see secret list of Minnesota priests accused of abuse

Posted on October 9, 2013
Posted in Aelred Senna, David Clohessy, James Porter, Jeff Anderson, Pat Marker, Patrick Wall, Terence McKiernan

(StarTribune.com)  Sometimes lists are posted online and then disappear. Such was the case with St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville. In the spring of 2011, the abbey became the first religious order in Minnesota to publicly release a list of monks who were credibly accused of sexual abuse. Digital publication of the list was part of a settlement of clergy abuse lawsuits. But the list disappeared from the abbey’s website in the summer of 2012…

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The Silence

Posted on September 25, 2013
Posted in Donald Kettler

Since 2002 [Bishop Donald Kettler] has served as bishop under the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. As part of the diocese’s legal settlement with sexual abuse survivors, Kettler traveled to the villages of St. Michael and Stebbins in December 2010 to apologize on behalf of the church.

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Newly appointed St. Cloud bishop spent years in Alaska dealing with past clergy abuse

Posted on September 24, 2013
Posted in Donald Kettler, John Kinney, John Klassen, SNAP

A bishop who has spent recent years in Alaska dealing with the repercussions of decades-old clergy sexual abuse has been appointed to lead the Diocese of St. Cloud.

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