At a news conference on Wednesday in St. Cloud, attorney Mike Bryant of Bradshaw & Bryant, co-counsel with Jeff Anderson & Associates, will: • Release the priest file of Father Othmar Hohmann, OSB, who worked in several Minnesota dioceses including the Diocese of St. Cloud, Diocese of Duluth and Diocese of Crookston. Additionally, Hohmann worked in North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin…
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WHAT: At a news conference today in Duluth, attorney Mike Finnegan will discuss today’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the Diocese of Duluth. WHEN: Monday, December 7, 2015 at 3:15 PM CSTWHERE: Holiday Inn – Lyric Room 2 200 West First Street Duluth, MN 55802Contact Mike Finnegan: Office/651.227.9990 Cell/612.205.5531Contact Jeff Anderson: Office/651.227.9990 Cell/612.817.8665(Duluth, MN) – Today, the Diocese of Duluth filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. The Diocese of Duluth is the fifteenth Catholic Diocese or Religious Order to file for …
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of two sexual abuse survivors, one abused in approximately 1977 and the other abused in approximately 1983. One of the survivors will speak publicly at the press conference tomorrow, using her name and telling her story.
At a news conference in St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson will release the files of five St. John’s monks accused of sexually abusing children. Files to be released include Richard Eckroth, Thomas Gillespie, Francis Hoefgen, Finian McDonald and Bruce Wollmering. The files were obtained as part of the Troy Bramlage (Doe 2) settlement earlier this year.
At a news conference today in Duluth, sexual abuse attorney Michael Finnegan will announce the public release of secret Diocese of Duluth priest file documents regarding priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The documents were introduced into evidence in the Bill Weis vs. Diocese of Duluth civil lawsuit that was recently conducted in Ramsey County…
At a news conference on Tuesday in St. Paul attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant will announce the filing of a civil lawsuit naming the Diocese of St. Cloud,Father Antonio “Tony” Marfori and Cathedral High School as defendants. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Doe 75, who was sexually abused by Fr. Marfori when he was approximately 15 years old. Fr. Marfori was Doe 75’s religion teacher at Cathedral High School in St. Cloud.
Two Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Father Donald Rieder Filing Lawsuits against Diocese of St. Cloud In 2003 Rieder Pled Guilty to Abusing a Young Girl in the 1990s Admitted to Abusing Others in his 40 Year Career as a Catholic Priest One Survivor Whose Case was Settled Will Speak Publicly About Her Sexual Abuse by Rieder at Paynesville Church in the 1970s
At a news conference Thursday in St. Paul, sexual abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the filing of two lawsuits involving the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation d/b/a The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) under the Child Victims Act. The suits, filed on behalf of two former Boy Scouts, name BSA and Northern Star Council f/k/a Indianhead County…
The names and assignment histories of seven priests of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (“Oblates”) who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children will be released publicly for the first time. A survivor of sexual abuse by one of these priests will speak publicly for the first time about the abuse. The priests all served in Minnesota for part of their careers…
At a hearing Thursday before the Honorable Shaun R. Floerke in St. Louis County District Court in Duluth, attorneys for clergy abuse survivor Doe 28 will seek an Order requiring the Diocese of Duluth to release to Doe 28 all documents and files regarding all clergy accused of child sexual abuse.
At a press conference today in Duluth, attorney Mike Finnegan will announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of a woman naming the Diocese of Duluth as defendant. The woman was sexually abused by Father Charles Gormly at St. Francis of Assisi church in Brainerd, Minn., in…