Clergy sex abuse

The lawsuit, which is connected to alleged sexual abuse in the early to mid-1970s, and also names the Rochester Catholic Schools and the Diocese of Winona-Rochester.

The Catholic Diocese of New Ulm has come to terms with dozens of victims of clergy sex abuse.

The Diocese of Winona-Rochester has made it official.

Hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a reorganization plan for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that will compensate them for the abuse.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An overwhelming majority of victims of clergy sex abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis favor a compensation plan submitted by a creditors' committee.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Catholic diocese in Minnesota says its bishop denies coercing a deacon candidate into remaining silent about a priest he alleges abused him decades earlier.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has declined to include parishes and other church properties among assets in the bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has agreed to publicly admit wrongdoing for the way it handled abuse allegations against a former priest.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The Rochester Catholics Schools System has announced it has been named in 16 lawsuits alleging clergy sex abuse.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The New Ulm Diocese has released the names of 16 priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children. New Ulm Diocese Names Accused Priests

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reinstated a priest who had been accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1980s.

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The Diocese of Duluth and victims of clergy abuse have agreed to mediation.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A priest is leaving a Michigan parish as some members of the diocese became angered to learn that he led the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis during a clergy sex abuse scandal.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge says leaders of Twin Cities parishes can view confidential claims made by victims of alleged sexual abuse by priests.