Because of the bankruptcy by the Archdiocese there is only until August 3rd to make Claims Against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
There have been 4 releases of names since the passage of the Minnesota Child Victims.
The following names were released May 22, 2014 as a result of a comprehensive file review by an outside national firm. For more information about this disclosure, please see this release from the archdiocese.
- *Stephen Baker – Permanently removed from ministry in 2000 (died 2013)
- *Edmund Frost – Left archdiocese 1975, unknown when permanently removed from ministry (died sometime before 2006)
- **Robert Ruglovsky, pled guilty to criminal charges 1987, permanently removed from ministry in 1987 (died 2006)
- Justin Weger, permanently removed from ministry in the archdiocese in 1972 (died 2005)
- Francis Zachman, permanently removed from ministry in 1983 (died 1983)
The following names were released May 22, 2014 as a result of a comprehensive file review by an outside national firm. For more information about this disclosure, please see this release from the archdiocese.
- Edward Beutner
- Robert P. Clark
- Donald Dummer
- Thomas Ericksen
- Ambrose Filbin
- Jerry Foley
- Ralph Goniea
- Reginald Krakovsky
- Harry Majerus
- William Marks
- Wendell Mohs
- James Nickel
- John Owens
- James Porter
- Charles Potocki
- James Vedro
- Adalbert Wolski
In February there was from Media and Public Relations Manager, Jim Accurso, a statement with the list.
Robert Blumeyer: Permanently removed from ministry in 1983 (died in 1983).
born June 11, 1922, in Boyden, Iowa, before he was ordained a priest May 19, 1956.
He spent 27 years in pastoral ministry and served at the following parishes before he died of a heart attack Oct. 5, 1983:
— St. Boniface Church, Hastings, 1956-65, assistant pastor.
— St. Augustine Church, St. Cloud, 1965-68, assistant pastor.
— St. Benedict Church, Bronx, N.Y., 1968-69, assistant pastor.
— St. Bartholomew’s Church, Wayzata, 1969-72, assistant pastor and pastor, 1972-73.
— St. Boniface Church, Hastings, 1973-78, pastor.
— St. Benedict Church, Avon, 1978-82, pastor.
— St. Catherine Church, Farming, 1982-83, pastor.
Gerald Funcheon: Permanently removed from ministry in 1993.
Kenneth Gansmann: Permanently removed from ministry from our archdiocese in 1960 (died, date unknown).
Thomas Gillespie: Permanently removed from ministry in 1996.
Michael Kolar: Permanently removed from ministry in 1991.
Kenneth LaVan: Retired from full time ministry in 1998. Removed from all active ministry December 2013.
Francisco (Fredy) Montero: Permanently removed from ministry from our archdiocese in 2007.
James Stark: Permanently removed from ministry in 1986 (died in 1999).
Harold Walsh: Permanently removed from ministry in 2005.
In December of 2013, following a court order, the diocese notified 92 parishes that they were places that these credibly accused priest had worked.
Thomas Adamson
Date of birth: 7/12/1933 (Age 80)
Date of ordination: 1958
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Diocese of Winona
Date removed from ministry: 1985
Current location: Rochester, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry from our archdiocese
John Brown
Date of birth: 7/2/1920 (Age: 93)
Date of ordination: 1948
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Maplewood, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Cosmas Dahlheimer
Date of birth: 11/20/1908, deceased
Date of ordination: 1936
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Order of St. Benedict, St. John’s Abbey
Date permanently removed from ministry: Unknown (died 2004)
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 2004
Gilbert DeSutter
Date of birth: 4/28/1928 (Age: 85)
Date of ordination: 1964
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2003
Current location: Mesa, Ariz.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Gilbert Gustafson
Date of birth: 4/18/1951 (Age 62)
Date of ordination: 1977
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: St. Paul, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Louis Heitzer
Date of birth: 7/15/1914, deceased
Date of ordination: 1942
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1969
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1969
Rudolph Henrich
Date of birth: 4/3/1906, deceased
Date of ordination: 1933
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1976
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1992
Francis Hoefgen
Date of birth: 8/1/1950 (Age 63)
Date of ordination: 1979
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Order of St. Benedict, St. John’s Abbey
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Columbia Heights, Minn.
Current status: Left order and laicized in 2012
Richard Jeub
Date of birth: 2/21/1940 (Age: 73)
Date of ordination: 1966
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Crosby, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Dennis Kampa
Date of birth: 5/31/1932 (Age 81)
Date of ordination: 1968
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2003
Current location: Victoria, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Robert Kapoun
Date of birth: 12/1/1938 (Age 75)
Date of ordination: 1964
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Cold Spring, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Jerome Kern
Date of birth: 3/20/1941 (Age 72)
Date of ordination: 1966
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Edina, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Lee Krautkremer
Date of birth: 8/28/1940 (Age 73)
Date of ordination: 1966
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Current status: Laicized in 2006
Ronan Charles Liles
Date of birth: 9/6/1942
Date of ordination: 1969
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Date permanently removed from ministry: Dismissed from order and dispensed from vows in 1985
Current location: Believed to have died sometime before 2006
Current status: Believed to have died sometime before 2006
Alfred Longley
Date of birth: 9/17/1913, deceased
Date of ordination: 1939
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1968
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1974
Brennan Maiers
Date of birth: 4/27/1936 (Age 77)
Date of ordination: 1963
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Order of St. Benedict, St. John’s Abbey
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Collegeville, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Timothy McCarthy
Date of birth: 6/26/1946 (Age 67)
Date of ordination: 1973
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1991
Current location: Believed to be residing in Oakdale, Minn., or St. Paul, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
John McGrath
Date of birth: 4/13/1931, deceased
Date of ordination: 1957
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1995
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1995
Paul Palmitessa
Date of birth: 1/18/1931 (Age 82)
Date of ordination: 1956
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Diocese of San Diego
Date permanently removed from ministry: Retired in 1998, limited ministry until 2012
Current location: Santee, Calif.
Current status: No longer in ministry, (determined by the Diocese of San Diego)
Joseph Pinkosh
Date of birth: 10/27/1943 (Age 70)
Date of ordination: 1969
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1992
Current location: Columbia Heights, Minn.
Current status: Left ministry in 1992
Francis Reynolds
Date of birth: 9/5/1922, deceased
Date of ordination: 1955
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1987
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1988
Richard Skluzacek
Date of birth: 8/10/1932, deceased
Date of ordination: 1957
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2005
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 2012
Michael Stevens
Date of birth: 12/24/1954 (Age 58)
Date of ordination: 1980
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Believed to be residing in St. Paul, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Thomas Stitts
Date of birth: 5/5/1935, deceased
Date of ordination: 1962
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 1985
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1985
Robert Thurner
Date of birth: 11/25/1925 (Age 88)
Date of ordination: 1951
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Maplewood, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Clarence Vavra
Date of birth: 3/13/1939 (Age 74)
Date of ordination: 1965
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2003
Current location: New Prague, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Joseph Wajda
Date of birth: 2/9/1947 (Age 66)
Date of ordination: 1973
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2003
Current location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry
Raymond Walter
Date of birth: 7/28/1915, deceased
Date of ordination: 1941
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2003
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 2003
Curtis Wehmeyer
Date of birth: 9/28/1964 (Age 49)
Date of ordination: 2001
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2012
Current location: Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud, Minn.
Current status: Permanently removed from ministry. Incarcerated
Robert Zasacki
Date of birth: 5/13/1940, deceased
Date of ordination: 1967
Cleric’s prior assignments in archdiocese:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Archdiocese of Newark, N.J.
Date permanently removed from ministry: 2002
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 2008
We have disclosed above the names of 29 of the 33 priests on the list provided to the John Jay Commission in 2004 by the archdiocese. We have been able to determine that those 29 priests had substantiated claims asserted against them of sexually abusing a minor. We have not determined that the other four priests had substantiated claims against them of sexually abusing a minor. In fact, we were unable to verify any claim in two of the four cases. Nevertheless, in deference to a recent order from the Ramsey County District Court, we are listing these four priests separately below with further explanation on each.
Eugene Corica
Date of birth: 7/31/1933 (Age 80)
Date of ordination: 1960
Parish assignments:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date no longer in ministry: 1995
Current location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Current status: Left ministry in 1995
Eugene Corica was accused of having sexual relationships with adult women. No claim of sexual abuse of a minor was made or substantiated against Corica. We have not been able to determine why he was included in the list provided to the John Jay Commission.
Robert Loftus
Date of birth: 12/22/1930 (Age 82)
Date of ordination: 1963
Parish assignments:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date no longer in ministry: 1977
Current location: Coon Rapids, Minn.
Current status: Laicized in 1977
Robert Loftus was credibly accused of sexual misconduct with a “young woman” in the early 1970’s. We do not have knowledge of the complainant’s age at the time of the misconduct. An independent investigator was hired to review the file and advise on whether Loftus should be disclosed as a “substantiated claim.” To date, the investigator has not determined whether a claim of sexual abuse of a minor was or can be substantiated. The investigation is continuing, and our disclosures will be updated when the investigation is completed.
Patrick Ryan
Date of birth: 12/2/1892, deceased
Date of ordination: 1919
Parish assignments:
Diocese or religious order: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Date no longer in ministry: 1965
Current location: Deceased
Current status: Died in 1965
Patrick Ryan was accused posthumously in 2002 of sexually abusing a minor in 1961, and was consequently included in the list provided to the John Jay Commission. The Archdiocese subsequently met with the complainant and hired a private investigative firm. The firm investigated the matter through more than two dozen conversations and face-to-face meetings with the complainant as well as interviews with more than a dozen persons thought to have information relevant to the claim against Ryan. The private investigative firm reported that “this investigation found no credible, corroborating or supporting information which would validate [the] claim of sexual abuse.” The claim of sexually abusing a minor was never substantiated.
Roger Vaughn
Date of birth: 6/16/1948 (Age 65)
Date of ordination: 1977
Parish assignments:
Diocese or religious order: Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)
Date no longer in ministry: 2000
Current location: Yonkers, N.Y.
Current status: Left the Crosier order in 2001
We have not been able to determine why Roger Vaughn was included in the list provided to the John Jay Commission. There is no record of Vaughn being assigned to ministry or residence in this Archdiocese. He was a priest of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers) until he left the order in 2001. We do not have knowledge of any claims that Vaughn sexually abused a minor in this archdiocese.
If you or a loved one has a potential claim, it is time to act.
Nationally renowned priest abuse attorney Jeff Anderson’s website details instructions. There are a number of key points:
• You must file a claim by August 3rd.
• Your privacy and confidentiality can be protected.
• Filing your claim can help you and help protect children.
Please act now, because any further delay will result in loss of your right to make a claim
