Prosecutors in Minnesota filed criminal charges Friday (June 5) against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, accusing church leaders of mishandling repeated complaints of sexual misconduct against a priest and failing to follow through on pledges to protect children and root out pedophile clergymen.
“The charges and accompanying civil petition, announced by the Ramsey County prosecutor, John J. Choi, stem from accusations by three male victims who say that from 2008 to 2010, when they were underage, a local priest, Curtis Wehmeyer, gave them alcohol and drugs before sexually assaulting them.
“The criminal case amounts to a sweeping condemnation of the archdiocese and how its leaders have handled the abuse allegations — even after reforms were put in place by church leaders to increase accountability — and the charges are among the most severe actions taken by US authorities against a Catholic diocese.”
By Mitch Smith, The New York Times, in The Boston Globe — Click here to read the rest of this story.
Minnesota archdiocese is charged in abuse scandal / The New York Times
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#1 by Ed Wilson on June 6, 2015 - 10:49 PM
Hadn¹t Nienstadt stepped aside as Ordinary for a time because of some charges against Him? Was that resolved?
Ed
on 6/6/15 1:54 PM, Voice of the Faithful ® at comment-reply@wordpress.com wrote:
> Voice of the Faithful posted: “Prosecutors in Minnesota filed criminal charges > Friday (June 5) against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and > Minneapolis, accusing church leaders of mishandling repeated complaints of > sexual misconduct against a priest and failing to follow thro” >
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