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Letters to the Editor: Therapy raised no doubts

Posted on January 17, 2003
Posted in John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

…  says, show that psychologists who evaluated Fr. Richard Eckroth over a three-month period in 1994 “held that the allegations [of sexual …  of the case. In their final report, commenting on Fr. Eckroth‘s certainty that he never engaged in the activities described in the …

Father is `lion at the gate’ pressing case against priest

Posted on December 27, 2002
Posted in Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth, The Liturgical Press, William Skudlarek

…  to get the abbey to acknowledge that Fr. Richard Eckroth molested his son and exhibited inappropriate sexual conduct with two of …  Minn. In court papers, several alleged victims of Eckroth have testified how the monk inveigled or coerced them to lie naked with …

Scandal at the Abbey – Part 1

Posted on December 13, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Klassen, LINKUP, Paul-Vincent Niebauer, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, St. John's History, Timothy Kelly

…  two retired monks, Frs. Cosmas Dahlheimer, 93, and Richard Eckroth, 76, who are both living on restriction in the retirement home, …  corroborating” his abuse of two children in the 1970s. Eckroth, who took scores of area youngsters to a St. John’s-owned cabin near …

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

…  Bennett, – The Rev. Cosmas Dahlheimer – The Rev. Richard Eckroth – The Rev. John Eidenschink – The Rev. Thomas Gillespie – The Rev. …

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

…  and trusted monks implicitly. The Rev. Richard Eckroth endeared himself to some of those workers by taking their children for …  eventually told stories of what had happened there. Eckroth sat naked and exchanged massages with naked children in the cabin’s …

A Family’s Faith Was Shaken After Their Sons Were Abused

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Cosmas Dahlheimer, Richard Eckroth

…  after that, Allen’s brother John said the Rev. Richard Eckroth had abused him when he went with a group of children to the abbey’s cabin near Bemidji. Eckroth and Dahlheimer have denied allegations of abuse, but the abbey has put …

11 monks on restriction; 2 on leave of absence

Posted on September 29, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Richard Eckroth, Thomas Gillespie

…  Andre Bennett The Rev. Brennan Maiers The Rev. Richard Eckroth The Rev. Cosmas Dahlheimer Brother John Kelly: on leave The Rev. …

Lawsuit Widens Claims of Abuse

Posted on June 7, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, ISTI, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Pat Marker, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe, Thomas Gillespie, William Skudlarek

…  at least three times in 1975. – The Rev. Richard Eckroth, who is accused of abusing two boys at a cabin in northern Minnesota and at a church rectory in St. Cloud in the early 1970s. Eckroth allegedly threatened one boy into secrecy by telling him “words to the …

St. John’s Abbey Restricts 14th Monk

Posted on June 7, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Andre Bennett, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Jeff Anderson, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Richard Eckroth, William Skudlarek

…  clergy members on restrictions: Cosmos Dahlheimer, Richard Eckroth, Finian McDonald, Brennan Maiers, Dunstan Moorse, Allen Tarlton, Fran …

Sins of a Father: ‘Sauna Kids’ Abuse

Posted on May 18, 2002
Posted in Bahamas, Jeff Anderson, Rene McGraw, Richard Eckroth, Vessels

…  at the hands of just one priest, the Rev. Richard Eckroth, a veteran clergyman accused of molesting both little boys and young …  that “We believe there is a strong possibility that Father Eckroth has engaged in sexually inappropriate contact with these people.” The …

St. John’s Abbey let priests keep post after allegation

Posted on May 15, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Bahamas, Jeff Anderson, Jerome Thiesen, Monk Travel, Richard Eckroth, St. Luke's, Timothy Kelly

…  Abbey was told in the late 1980s that the Rev. Richard Eckroth had allegedly sexually abused a boy years earlier. But officials …  was not until 1993, when allegations surfaced that Eckroth had raped two boys when they were ages 7 or 8, that then-Abbot Timothy …

St. John’s scandal shows need for legal reform, abuse victims say

Posted on May 14, 2002
Posted in Celibacy, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth, Statute of Limitations

…  the more shocking are claims made against Father Richard Eckroth. He’s accused of molesting several boys and girls in the 1970s at a cabin near Bemidji owned by the Abbey. Although Eckroth has never been charged with a criminal offense, he was named by Abbot …

Still traveling: priests at St. John’s Abbey

Posted on May 13, 2002
Posted in Bahamas, Dan Ward, Richard Eckroth

…  Rev. Richard Eckroth –Continues to use abbey cabin on Swenson Lake near Bemidji; traveled …  of top leadership at the mission abbey. From 1977-93, Eckroth served as an assistant pastor at a church served by that mission; he …

A Statement from Saint John’s Abbey

Posted on May 12, 2002
Posted in Jacob Wetterling, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

…  allegations of sexual abuse made against Father Richard Eckroth. Each of these allegations has been investigated, and Abbot John …

Restricted Priests Still Travel

Posted on May 12, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, John Klassen, Monk Travel, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe

…  go there ever again, the abbot added. The Rev. Richard Eckroth, sued twice in the early 1990s for allegedly abusing two boys and now …  County where some of the alleged abuse occurred. Eckroth has denied any involvement in sexual abuse or the deaths of Mary Reker, …

St. John’s Abbey Responds

Posted on May 9, 2002
Posted in Jacob Wetterling, Jim Kostreba, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

…  Susanne Reker spent time at the lake cabin of Rev. Richard Eckroth in the 1970s. Ten years ago, allegations arose that children had been sexually abused at the cabin. At that time Eckroth asserted he did not murder the girls in a polygraph test, which he …

Women accuse St. John’s Abbey priest of abuse

Posted on May 9, 2002
Posted in Charlie Weaver, Dean Barkley, Jeff Anderson, Jim Kostreba, John Eidenschink, Richard Eckroth

…  me that night.” Father Richard is the Rev. Richard Eckroth, 75, a monk at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., where he taught …  said that the payments to Olson were not an admission that Eckroth is culpable, but “an acknowledgment that here is a person in great pain …

Details still eerie 28 years after girls were slain

Posted on May 9, 2002
Posted in Jim Kostreba, Richard Eckroth

…  cases involving children. The priest, the Rev. Richard Eckroth, 75, a monk at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, took the girls and …  died. Stearns County Sheriff James Kostreba said Eckroth is among several suspects “we’re taking another look at” in …

St. John’s Abbey to Give Information

Posted on May 9, 2002
Posted in Jim Kostreba, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

…  sexual indiscretion. The list includes the Rev. Richard Eckroth, who took dozens of children to a St. John’s-owned cabin near Bemidji …  Several of the now-grown children say he abused them. Eckroth denies it. Two of the children, Mary and Susanne Reker, were found …

Abbot to Give Sheriff List

Posted on May 8, 2002
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Brennan Maiers, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Jacob Wetterling, Jim Kostreba, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, John Klassen, Richard Eckroth

…  the accusations against them, including the Rev. Richard Eckroth, a former parish priest who in the 1970s took dozens of girls and boys, …  evidence. Klassen has not reached the same conclusion with Eckroth, he said Tuesday. “Part of the difficulty here is there are a lot of …