Alleged abuse victim sues St. John’s Abbey

Posted on May 18, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man who says he was sexually abused by an instructor at St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville is filing a Ramsey County lawsuit against the school, the religious order of monks that runs it, and his alleged abuser.
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Former Prep School student sues school, monk, abbey

Posted on May 18, 2010
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Mexico, Puerto Rico

A former St. John’s Prep student is suing the school, a monk who used to teach at the school and the Order of St. Benedict and St. John’s Abbey, alleging a cover-up of sexual abuse.

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Press Conference Scheduled

Posted on May 17, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, Dan Ward, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Monk Travel, Pat Marker, Patrick Noaker, Pedophilia, Puerto Rico, Restricted List, Review Board, Rome, Sacro Speco, San Antonio Abad, Sant' Anselmo Monastery

Announcement of a lawsuit to be filed on Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court against Collegeville, Minnesota-based St. John’s Preparatory School, St, John’s Abbey, the Order of St. Benedict and Father Raymond Francisco Schulte, a minister at the school. The lawsuit stems from the alleged recruiting, grooming and subsequent sexual abuse and exploitation of two minor students (aged 12 and 14) by Father Schulte between 1984 and 1986 in North Carolina and Minnesota. Read More

Pedophile

Posted on May 17, 2010
Posted in Francisco Schulte, Pedophilia

  
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PARTE DE PRENSA

Posted on May 17, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, Dan Ward, Francisco Schulte, Jeff Anderson, John Klassen, Monk Travel, Pat Marker, Patrick Noaker, Pedophilia, Puerto Rico, Restricted List, Review Board, Rome, Sacro Speco, San Antonio Abad, Sant' Anselmo Monastery

POR QUE: Ess el anuncio de una demanda por radicarse el martes en el
juzgado del Distrito del Condado Ramsey contra St. John’s Preparatory
School en Collegeville, Minnesota, la St. John’s Abbey, la Order of
St. Benedict y el padre Raymond Francisco Schulte, anteriormente
profesor y pastor en dicha escuela. Read More

Pedophilia

Posted on May 15, 2010
Posted in Pedophilia

Some pedophiles limit their behaviors to exposing themselves or masturbating in front of the child, or fondling or undressing the child, but without genital contact. Others, however, compel the child to participate in oral sex or full genital intercourse.

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Fr. Dan Ward on Documenting Abuse Allegations

Posted on May 14, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, Dan Ward

An abbot receives information from a victim that a monk sexually abused him while attending the monastery’s school. When the abbot confronts the monk, the monk admits the abuse along with some other instances of abuse. The entire situation, including a lawsuit, is handled confidentially. Not even the community knows about the sexual abuse. Does the abbot document all of this for his successor?
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Restricted Monk Removes Facebook Page

Posted on May 13, 2010
Posted in Isaac Connolly, Publications, Restricted List, Review Board, Tom Andert

Br. Isaac Connolly, a monk at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN recently took down his Facebook page [ Link ] after it was featured in the new “Meet the Monks” section on the Behind the Pine Curtain web site ( http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com ). The Facebook account was public for over three months.
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St. John’s Abbey Culture

Posted on May 11, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson, Richard Eckroth, Richard Sipe

For decades, a group of monks at St. John’s Abbey operated a sex abuse ring. Boys as young as 9 were victimized, as were teenage boys and girls. But most of the victims were novice monks – high school and college graduates who were drawn to the discipline of monastic life, which consists of prayer, study, teaching and living in a religious community of like-minded men. Read More

Meet the Monks at St. John’s Abbey

Posted on May 5, 2010
Posted in Meet the Monks, Restricted List

The ”Meet the Monks” section of this web site lists 734 monks professed at Saint John’s Abbey between 1950 & 2012.  The list serves as a resource to the public, and allows victims to find their perpetrator’s name, or the name of the monk to whom they reported the misconduct, or the monk who counseled them, or the monk that told them to stay quiet. The goal has always been full disclosure and victim outreach. [ More ]

Example: In 2008, a victim found Father Othmar Hohmann’s name via this web site and shared a bit of her story. In 2010, a second victim shared [ View ]. Father Hohmann’s misconduct with multiple victims was reported to the abbey in July of 2010 [ View ] and to the diocese of Saint Cloud in December of 2012. Hohmann’s abuse was finally publicly acknowledged by the abbey on December 9, 2013  [ View ]. It is unknown how long the abbey and/or diocese have been aware of Hohmann’s abuse.

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Web Site Comment

Posted on May 4, 2010
Posted in PR Machine

About a year ago I was at a meeting at the St. Cloud diocese offices and talked with a lady who was struggling with having an adult son who is homosexual. We got to talking about it and she mentioned that he graduated from the prep school. I asked her if she knew about what went on there, she didn’t have a clue and was shocked when I told her. Wouldn’t you think the Abbot, and anyone else who pretends to care, would send something to alumni and alumni’s parents informing them of what happened?

Email from 1980 Graduate of SJU

Posted on May 4, 2010
Posted in PR Machine

Interestingly I get solicited all the time from SJU for money. I have a friend in Minneapolis who’s son was molested by a neighbor, she compared it to SJU, and guess what I NEVER EVER heard about this before this week. Amazing isn’t it.

Email from 1980 graduate of SJU- Name Withheld

Where Are They Now?

Posted on April 17, 2010
Posted in Allen Tarlton, Blane Wasnie, Brennan Maiers, Bruce Wollmering, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Dunstan Moorse, Finian McDonald, Fran Hoefgen, Francisco Schulte, Isaac Connolly, Jerome Tupa, Jim Phillips, John Eidenschink, John Kelly, Michael Bik, Richard Eckroth, Robert Blumeyer, Thomas Gillespie, Tom Andert, William Skudlarek

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St. Paul attorney on the front lines of church abuse crisis

Posted on April 16, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson

(NPR) St. Paul, Minn. — Jeffrey Anderson grew up in Edina. He’s a self-described former hippie. He’s been a roofer. He’s gone to a food shelf to feed his wife and son, and counts a public urination case as one of his most formative experiences as a lawyer.

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A brief timeline of Jeffrey Anderson’s life and career

Posted on April 16, 2010
Posted in Jeff Anderson

St. Paul, Minn. — St. Paul attorney Jeffrey Anderson has undertaken a 30-year legal campaign against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, and the church leaders he has accused of covering up the scandal. Here’s a look at some key moments in his life.
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Retired Superior Priest Suspended

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted in Nancy Bauer, St. Ben's, St. Benedict's

“Right now, all we know is that maybe something happened, and maybe it involved a minor,” Lyons said. “Bishop [Peter] Christensen has made it clear that any time a situation comes to his attention where it’s even possible a minor was involved in abuse, he will take action by removing that person from active duty.”

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Fr. Dan Ward, SOB

Posted on April 8, 2010
Posted in Dan Ward, Francisco Schulte, Intramonastic Misconduct

If you have information regarding misconduct by Fr. Dan Ward or his role in the coverup of crimes committed by Fr. Francisco Schulte or any other monk at St. John’s Abbey, please use the Feedback link (above).

If you were a victim who met privately with Fr. Ward after bringing your claim of sexual misconduct to the attention of St. John’s and were subsequently intimidated or harassed by him, your story is important.

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St. Francis in the Bahamas (Othmar Hohmann)

Posted on April 3, 2010
Posted in Bahamas, Othmar Hohmann

Father Bernard then installed Fr. Othmar Hohmann, OSB, as pastor of St. Francis Church. Fr. Othmar, a talented, friendly, dramatist, zealously continued the work of this predecessors: promoting enthusiastic congregational vocal praying; singing during liturgical services; giving catechetical instructions during evening services.

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Father Mathias Faue, OSB

Posted on March 30, 2010
Posted in Mathias Faue

Father Mathias Faue, O.S.B. has been named in at least one civil lawsuit and in an archdiocesan report.
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Funeral homily for Father Paul Marx, OSB

Posted on March 26, 2010
Posted in John Klassen, Paul Marx, Virgil Michel

Father Paul believed that life begins at the moment of conception,
that life is a sacred gift from God,
and that healthy family life is the most important element of a functioning society.
He fought vigorously against abortion,
contraception, sterilization, euthanasia, and child abuse.

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