February 28, 2018 DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING CLAIMS AGAINST DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD The Minnesota Child Victims Act, which lifted for three years the civil statute of limitations for allegations of past sexual abuse of minors, ended in May 2016. During that time, a total of 74 civil claims were made against the Diocese of St. Cloud….
February 14, 2018 UPDATED STATEMENT RE: FATHER ANTHONY OELRICH Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of Saint Cloud has been notified by the St. Cloud Police Department that Father Anthony Oelrich, a priest of the diocese, was arrested Feb. 13 following an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct involving an adult woman. Bishop Kettler has removed…
February 13, 2018 STATEMENT RE: FATHER ANTHONY OELRICH Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of Saint Cloud has been notified by the St. Cloud Police Department that Father Anthony Oelrich, a priest of the diocese, was arrested Feb. 13 following an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct involving an adult woman. Bishop Kettler has placed Father…
February 9, 2018 LISTENING SESSION SCHEDULED FOR COLD SPRING Bishop Donald Kettler will hold a listening session at 7 p.m., Feb. 13, at St. Boniface Church in Cold Spring. The session follows the bishop’s recent placement of two Benedictine priests — Casimir Plakut and Augustine John Strub — on the list of clergy likely to…
January 12, 2018 STATEMENT RE: ADDITIONAL PRIEST NAME DISCLOSURE Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of Saint Cloud has added an additional name to the list of clergy likely to have abused minors. Father Antonio Marfori was ordained Oct. 7, 1978, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud. He served the following assignments: part-time associate,…
The following is a list of clergy, to date, who were assigned by the bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud to serve within the diocese and have been identified as likely to have abused minors. The list includes the parishes where each of those clergy served within the diocese. It also includes religious community…
November 14, 2017 STATEMENT RE: ADDITIONAL PRIEST NAME DISCLOSURES Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of Saint Cloud has added two names to the list of clergy likely to have abused minors. The two men were religious order priests added by St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville to its list of men “likely to have offended…
February 9, 2017 DATES SET FOR LISTENING SESSIONS AND SERVICE OF HEALING Bishop Donald Kettler and other members of a diocesan response team will hold listening sessions at 11 sites around the Diocese of St. Cloud as a result of claims of alleged sexual misconduct by clergy who served in various parishes in the…
May 29, 2016 CLAIMS RECEIVED BY DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD UNDER MINNESOTA CHILD VICTIMS ACT Bishop Donald Kettler asks Catholics in the Diocese of Saint Cloud to join him in praying for healing for all victims and survivors of clergy sexual abuse, and for a just resolution to the civil claims made under the Minnesota…
May 25, 2016 STATEMENT FROM MINNESOTA CATHOLIC BISHOPS RE: EXPIRATION OF MN CHILD VICTIMS ACT The following statement was released today by Minnesota’s Catholic bishops. Bishop Donald Kettler of St. Cloud is one of the statement’s signers: The last three years have brought fresh light to the painful reality of sexual abuse and those who…
