Diocese served with dozens of lawsuits
The Diocese of St. Cloud on Monday was served with several dozen civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse against children by former monks and priests who were assigned positions within the diocese. The...
View ArticleNine Monks Among Claims Against the Diocese of St. Cloud
Allegations of abuse were made against the following clergy members in the lawsuits against the Diocese of St. Cloud during the three-year window of the Minnesota Child Victims Act, which expired May...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed re Father Doug Mullin, OSB
On Wednesday, June 20, Saint John’s Abbey filed seven lawsuits with Stearns County Court in Saint Cloud. These suits were served against Saint John’s by plaintiffs’ attorneys in the final weeks of the...
View ArticleVictims abused by Minnesota casting director awarded more than $2 million
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Two brothers have been awarded more than $2 million by a Hennepin County jury for the sexual abuse they suffered from former casting director Matthew Feeney. After three and a half...
View Article2 Victims Sexually Abused by Minnesota Casting Director Awarded $2.1 Million
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s. The leadership at the Church of Saint...
View ArticleMatthew Feeney to stand trial in Massachusetts
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s. The leadership at the Church of Saint...
View ArticleMan convicted of sexual abuse to face child rape charge in Mass
[Webmaster’s Note: Matthew Feeney is a 1991 graduate of Saint John’s University and was the Youth Group Minister at the Church of St. Joseph in the early 1990s.] NORTON, Mass. — A forming casting agent...
View ArticleThe secret bootlegging history of Stearns County
‘In St. Cloud during the Great Depression and Prohibition days, the monks of St. John’s Abbey ran and owned, in the area today known as Collegeville, the biggest moonshine-brewing still in Stearns...
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Rev. Finian McDonald’s Obituary: More Deception
“The walkers that Rev. Finian McDonald “startled” while riding his bike around the Central Minnesota campus had it easy compared to the children and young adults that McDonald sexually assaulted as he...
View Article(Star Tribune) St. John’s Abbey adds three new names to clergy abuse file
The names of three priests from St. John’s Abbey who sexually abused children in parishes across Minnesota were made public for the first time Tuesday. Attorney Jeff Anderson announced the names as...
View Article(Star Tribune) Twin Cities Archdiocese releases names of 19 men suspected of...
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Friday afternoon released the names of 19 deceased or former priests or members of religious orders against whom it now acknowledges “substantiated claims...
View Article15 Years Later, Josh Guimond’s Disappearance Still Unsolved
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A student at a Minnesota Catholic college vanished in the middle of the night. This week marks 15 years since Josh Guimond went missing from St. John’s University. A standout...
View ArticleRegarding Father Anthony “Tony” Oelrich
In 1992, Father Anthony Joseph Oelrich graduated from the Saint John’s School of Theology•Seminary in Collegeville, Minnesota (USA). Arrested February 13, 2018 Additional information about Father Tony...
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Father Tony Oelrich (SOT ’92) Arrested
More on Father Tony Oelrich… Here Father Anthony Joseph Oelrich was reportedly arrested earlier today and is currently being held at the Stearns County Jail. Father Tony is a ’92 graduate of the Saint...
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Send Messages to Father Tony at St. Luke’s Institute
The January 4, 2015 church bulletin at St. Mary’s Cathedral – Diocese of Saint Cloud included this message from Father Bob Rolfes, asking that parishioners send mail to Father Tony Oelrich (SOT ’92) at...
View Article(SC Times) St. Cloud priest arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with...
St. Cloud police arrested a priest who serves in the Diocese of St. Cloud Tuesday morning. The Rev. Anthony Oelrich, 51, of St. Cloud was arrested at about 10 a.m. Stearns County Jail records say he...
View Article(WCCO) St. Cloud Priest Arrested On Suspicion Of Criminal Sexual Conduct
(WCCO) According to Stearns County Jail records, 51-year-old Father Tony Oelrich of the Christ Church Newman Center Catholic Student Community was arrested on suspicion of third degree criminal sexual...
View ArticleA.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Voice on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85
(NY Times) A. W. Richard Sipe, a researcher, psychotherapist and former priest who spent his life studying the roots of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, becoming one of the subject’s leading...
View ArticleVatican official reportedly pushed back on McCarrick career advances
[Excerpt] In his letter, [Richard] Sipe claimed that the abuse crisis in the U.S. was a systemic problem, and to drive the point home, he cited examples from both the Archdiocese of Washington, and...
View ArticleNotice to NCYC Alumnae and Parents/Guardians
It grieves us deeply to inform you that a minor who participated in the recently-concluded National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) summer camp has made a serious report alleging misconduct by an adult...
View ArticleJoint Statement
The St. John’s Boys Choir and the National Catholic Youth Choir recently learned of a report from a minor alleging misconduct by an adult associated with both organizations. The report involves alleged...
View ArticleWhere is Fr. Michael Leonard Hahn?
In you have information regarding misconduct and/or the whereabouts of Rev. Michael Leonard Hahn O.S.B, please send us a note. Hahn’s last known location was near Boston, Massachusetts. He was...
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Andre’ Louis Heywood on Academic Leave
Andre’ Louis Heywood (artistic director of the St. John’s Boys’ Choir) is reportedly on “academic leave” after seen with law enforcement leaving the Stephen B. Humphrey Theater on the campus of Saint...
View ArticleNCYC Confidential Notification
It grieves us deeply to inform you that a minor who participated in the recently-concluded National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) summer camp has made a serious report alleging misconduct by an adult...
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103rd Accused… Sister Ann Marie Biermaier
With the long-overdue addition of Sister Ann Marie Biermaier from St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota (USA), our list of credibly accused individuals affiliated with St. John’s is now at...
View ArticleGrandson of college coaching legend John Gagliardi on leave
(USA Today) The grandson of one of the most celebrated football coaches in history finds himself off the sideline following an investigation in Minnesota. As reported by twin cities CBS affiliate...
View ArticleMinnesota high school football coach being investigated after complaint
(Bring Me The News) A Minnesota high school football coach has been suspended by his school pending an investigation into an alleged sexual assault. Kimball High School head football coach Johnny...
View ArticleStearns County football coach under investigation resigns
(KSTP) A Stearns County high school football coach under investigation by a school district and the sheriff’s office has stepped down. A lawyer for the Kimball Area School District said Johnny Benson...
View ArticleTim Nahan Press Conference
Attorney Jeff Anderson and survivor Tim Nahan discusses Tim’s lawsuit against Saint John’s Abbey and the Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Nahan was allegedly abused by Father Cosmas Dahlheimer at...
View ArticleSt. John’s Boys’ Choir completes investigation into sexual misconduct allegation
ST. JOSEPH — An unnamed person is no longer involved with the St. John’s Boys Choirs after the organization determined allegations of sexual misconduct against minors were “more likely than not.” The...
View ArticleFormer Kimball coach shares story following closed investigation
A former Kimball High School football coach and teacher who says false allegations of sexual assault cost him his job is sharing his story. The Stearns County Attorney’s Office declined to file...
View ArticleReports surface of ‘sex competition’ in Patrick Hall
(The Record) SJU Residential Life, Faculty Residents, Resident Assistants and Title IX officers are investigating allegations that St. John’s students on the first and second floors of St. Patrick Hall...
View ArticleCSB, SJU Investigate Alleged Sex Competition (AP)
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University are investigating allegations that some male students started a competition this fall to see who could have more sexual...
View ArticleCSB/SJU investigating allegations of ‘sex competition’ run by male students
(Bring Me The News) The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University are investigating reports of a competition among some Johnnies students to have the most sexual encounters with specified...
View ArticleCSB/SJU community demands action after allegation of ‘sex competition’ among...
COLLEGEVILLE (St. Cloud Times) — Almost 400 College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University students gathered in the heart of the St. John’s campus Thursday afternoon, missing class to show...
View ArticleEleven SJP Grads Among Monk Perpetrators
Among the 100+ accused perpetrators at St. John’s are eleven graduates of St. John’s Preparatory School: Fr. Angelo Zankl (SJP ’18) Abbot John Eidenschink (SJP ’31) Fr. Aloysius Michels (SJP ’30) Fr....
View ArticleFather Brennan Maiers Dies at 86
Father Brennan Maiers was inappropriate with at least six individuals, the youngest victim was believed to be eleven years old. In 1992, the abbey settled with one of Maiers’ victims. His victims would...
View ArticleRev. Robert Koopmann – Secrets Caught Up
Former St. John’s Abbey monk regarding Rev. Robert Koopmann: I told you [Koopmann’s] story was yet to be told!! I sent him an email once telling him one day his secrets would be made public and his...
View ArticleKoopmann: Poetry and Cockwarmers
“The Koopmann I know likes to get his students drunk and read ejaculate poetry while trying on hand-knit cockwarmers.” – Former SJU Student (February, 2016) At the time of this incident, Koopmann was a...
View ArticleAbbot John Klassen Retiring
(StarTribune) COLLEGEVILLE, MINN. — After more than two decades at the helm of St. John’s Abbey, John Klassen is resigning as leader of the central Minnesota monastery. Read Entire Article… Here During...
View ArticlePrep School Teacher Out After “Incident” Reported
According to two staff members at St. John’s Prep School, a teacher is no longer at the school following an alleged incident with a student that was reported “about two weeks ago”. One staff member...
View ArticleSchulte – Letter re Marker on Review Board
Seven years before being outed as a monk perpetrator, Rev. Francisco Schulte wrote an interesting letter to Abbot John Klassen. It seems Schulte was not happy that Patrick Marker was named to the...
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SCSO Report Different Than Seven Witnesses
“Throughout their investigation, they spoke with three adults and four students, who had the same general complaints and views. They all said Talic and [redacted] were constantly by each other and...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Joshua Guimond? (The LeSabre)
“I believe that if somebody did something to Joshua that had any connection to the campus whatsoever, we’re never gonna find him, ever. Not even a body. Ever. Because they’re too secretive.” Lisa...
View ArticleWho Is Rev. Michael-Leonard Hahn?
On May 21, 2024, a letter detailing concerns at Saint Mary’s University was sent to the Bishop of Winona-Rochester, the Diocese’s Victim Assistance Coordinator and the general counsel for Saint Mary’s...
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April, 2013 Letter to Abbot John Klassen (re Licari)
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...
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Michael Hahn’s Assignments and Locations
Partial list of Michael Hahn’s assignments (through 2024). aka “Rev. Michael Leonard Hahn, OSB” Updated May 8, 2024
View ArticleStearns County Sheriff Case #24011260
On or around March 8, 2024, this web site received a tip that included the following information: “If you are still running the site, keep an eye in the news for [Teacher], up until two weeks ago she...
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