sexual abuse

A spokesman for St. John's Abbey says he can't address the central claim in a new lawsuit accusing abbey officials of allowing a member to continue teaching long after he was accused of sexual abuse.

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A Stearns County sheriff's deputy has reached a plea deal on charges that he sexually abused three teenagers. Sergeant Phil Meemken reached the deal today as jury selection was scheduled to begin for his trial in Anoka County.

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An attorney with the state court system says all Minnesota youth coaches are legally required to report incidents of child abuse and neglect.

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St. John's Abbey has responded to more allegations of sexual abuse. The Abbey released a written statement today (Tuesday) saying "The Abbey is saddened and shocked to learn of allegations of sexual abuse in the mid-60s against one of it's deceased members, Abbot Timothy Kelly. In accordance with its Policy, St. John's Abbey has begun an investigation of the accusation."

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A New York man is suing St. John's Abbey and the Order of St. Benedict in Collegeville, alleging a former abbot abused him years ago at a Bronx church. Attorneys for the alleged victim say in a news release their client was abused by Abbot Timothy Kelly in 1966 and 1967, when the victim was an altar boy at St. Anselm's church in New York, where Kelly was an associate pastor.

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St. John's Abbey and the survivors of sexual misconduct by current and former abbey members have reached an agreement about the distribution of a letter signed by two survivors and Abbot John Klassen. Writing the letter and distributing it to former students at St. John's Prep School in Collegeville was a key part of a settlement announced Monday that ended nine of 12 legal actions against the abbey.

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The Archdiocese of St. Paul has a list of 33 priests accused of sexually abusing minors. But, unlike a similar list of priests revealed this week by St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, the St. Paul priests will remain unnamed.

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A Nevada man who claims he was sexually abused by an Irish priest has sued the Diocese of New Ulm, saying it didn't warn parents or children that the Rev. Francis Markey had been accused of abuse before.

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