New Ulm Diocese Reaches $34M Settlement With Abuse Victims
The Diocese of New Ulm in Minnesota has reached a $34 million settlement in its bankruptcy case with 93 people who say they were sexually abused by priests and others.
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The Diocese of New Ulm in Minnesota has reached a $34 million settlement in its bankruptcy case with 93 people who say they were sexually abused by priests and others.
The attorney for 125 claimants in the diocese's bankruptcy case, Jeff Anderson, says the agreement requires the diocese to pay them $40 million.
The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says he's troubled by the Vatican's failure to conclude an investigation into allegations that his predecessor behaved inappropriately with young men.
A former priest accused of sexually abusing at least three boys in Wisconsin decades ago has been bound over for trial.
The Diocese of Winona-Rochester plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following allegations of child sexual abuse against former priests.
A retired priest accused in more than 130 sexual abuse lawsuits and who admitted to molesting children on Guam has died. The Pacific Daily News reports the Archdiocese of Agana says Louis Brouillard, who was ordained on Guam in 1948, died Wednesday in his native Minnesota. He was 97.
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The tentative settlement reached in May provides about $210 million to compensate abuse victims.
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In 2013, the Minnesota Legislature opened a three-year window in the statute of limitations that allowed alleged victims of prior abuse to sue for damages.
The diocese says 74 civil claims were filed in that time naming 31 members of the clergy who served in the diocese and 30 parishes.
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The Diocese of New Ulm has filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the 14th diocese nationwide to file for reorganization after claims of sexual abuse by clergy.
Pope Francis told a group of international reporters today the ban on female priests will likely stay.
A Minnesota woman calls it the untold story in the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Jeanie Hansen says a priest beat and raped her when she went to college in Winona.
Attorneys on Tuesday accused a Minnesota archdiocese of sheltering more than $1 billion in assets to avoid big payouts to abuse survivors.
A priest is leaving a Battle Creek parish as some members of the southwestern Michigan diocese became angered to learn that he led a Minnesota archdiocese during a clergy sex abuse scandal.
St. John's Abbey has released thousands of pages of documents revealing decades of sexual abuse towards minors by 18 different monks. The Abbey says the incidents detailed in the files all happened more than two decades ago.
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Graffiti was sprayed across the beehive fireplace in Robbinsdale's Graeser Park last week.
A new Minnesota law going into effect Jan. 1 requires insurers to cover the cost of wigs for anyone experiencing hair loss due to a medical condition.
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A woman is dead and a man is injured after they were hit by a vehicle in St. Louis Park Monday night.
A 58-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a stabbing on Nicollet Mall that left another man dead.
Graffiti was sprayed across the beehive fireplace in Robbinsdale's Graeser Park last week.
When Minnesotans file taxes next year, there will be a choice to get half of the state's child tax credit early in advance payments.
A 58-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a stabbing on Nicollet Mall that left another man dead.
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When Minnesotans file taxes next year, there will be a choice to get half of the state's child tax credit early in advance payments.
Warm air mixed with snow and rain have caused fog to spread throughout Minnesota over the weekend and into Monday.
A man and a woman are dead after a head-on crash near Taylors Falls Monday afternoon.
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A man is dead and police are investigating after a crash in Crow Wing County Sunday afternoon.
A man and a woman are dead after a head-on crash near Taylors Falls Monday afternoon.
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A new Minnesota law going into effect Jan. 1 requires insurers to cover the cost of wigs for anyone experiencing hair loss due to a medical condition.
When Minnesotans file taxes next year, there will be a choice to get half of the state's child tax credit early in advance payments.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is wrapping up a "historic" year full of "significant progress."
A North Dakota judge has sentenced the adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer to serve 28 years in prison in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy's vehicle, killing the deputy.
New protections for ticket buyers, a minimum wage increase and a $25 co-pay cap for certain prescription drugs are among a slate of new laws effective on Jan. 1.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is wrapping up a "historic" year full of "significant progress."
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A 58-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a stabbing on Nicollet Mall that left another man dead.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is wrapping up a "historic" year full of "significant progress."
A former Twin Cities volleyball coach has pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography.
A North Dakota judge has sentenced the adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer to serve 28 years in prison in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy's vehicle, killing the deputy.
Police say officers at the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct heard gunfire coming from outside the building around 12:37 p.m.
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Esme Murphy talks with Congressman Pete Stauber, who hopes to see President Biden’s 20-year moratorium on new mining near the Boundary Waters reversed by President-elect Donald Trump.
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Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Thursday night due to the arrival of a severe geomagnetic storm.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Monday night.
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Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the wind will pick up Tuesday, bringing in cooler air across Minnesota.
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Warm air mixed with snow and rain have caused fog to spread throughout Minnesota over the weekend and into Monday.
Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the new year will bring colder air, with highs in the teens by the end of the week.
Meteorologist Mike Augustyniak says the new year will bring colder air, with highs in the teens by the end of the week.
One of only two beehive fireplaces in Minnesota was vandalized last week, but state officials have made repairs.
A woman is dead and a man is injured after they were hit by a vehicle in St. Louis Park Monday night.
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