Minnesota Attorneys Investigating Sexual Assault Claims Against the Roman Catholic Church Archdioceses
Laypeople often consider religious leaders to be trustworthy and compassionate men and women that we turn to for spiritual guidance. However, in recent years, the secrets once held tightly by the Roman Catholic Church revealed that not every priest is as virtuous and holy as their parishioners might have believed.
Thousands of Catholic priests, pastors, bishops, brothers, sisters, and other religious leaders have faced accusations of sexually assaulting children throughout America, including in Minnesota.
Many victims who survived unspeakable sexual abuse come forward a decade later only after suffering in silence while carrying the scars of physical, mental, and emotional trauma. If you are a sexual assault survivor and want justice, the compassionate network of affiliate attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC, can help.
Our caring team of legal experts will fight to protect your rights and provide a safe place to speak openly about what occurred. Our clergy sexual abuse injury lawyers are ready to hear your story. We use our comprehensive knowledge of Minnesota tort law and build your case to ensure that the sexual perpetrator faces their consequences for what they did.
Sexual Assault Involving Clergy is Still a Problem
In 2018, Minnesota Public Radio reported that the St. Paul/Minnesota Archdiocese had reassigned, overlooked, and excused the inappropriate sexual behavior of some of their religious leaders for decades. The report states that church officials knew as far back as the 1980s that Diocese Bishops across the United States, including in Minnesota, had covered up scandalous cases involving clergy abuse.
By 1998, clergy church officials made it mandatory that anyone with knowledge or suspicion of clergy sexual abuse involving underage children must “alert authorities within twenty-four hours” of the suspected assault. However, by 2003, the Archdiocese released a report indicating they knew that thirty-three priests had sexually assaulted sixty-nine underage children in their ranks over five decades and did nothing to protect the victims or community.
The Devastating Effects of Sexual Assault
Victims of sexual assault lifetime of devastation where their well-being is compromised. Younger people, who have been sexually assaulted, often must deal with significant sleeping disorders, ongoing depression, substance abuse, self-injury, and suicide, including suicidal ideation (thinking about suicide).
Young children and teenage victims might develop negative eating habits, begin living an over-sexualized lifestyle, or engage in any form of risky behavior.
Get Justice Now
In the summer of 2018, the Minnesota Archdiocese reached a massive $210 million settlement to resolve 450 cases involving clergy abuse victims. It is believed that the agreement is the second-largest settlement by the Roman Catholic Church in America.
The negotiated settlement his part of the Archdiocese’s Chapter 11 judicial bankruptcy case that was filed initially in 2015. The bankruptcy comes two years after Minnesota legislators passed the Child Victims Act.
In 2019, the Minnesota New Ulm Diocese agreed to a $34 million out of court settlement to resolve cases involving ninety-three individuals who alleged that religious leaders and the diocese had sexually violated them when they were minor children. This agreement was also part of the church’s bankruptcy court case. Lastly, an additional 125 sexual abuse survivors will receive a $40 million settlement by the Diocese of Duluth.
Minnesota Roman Catholic Church Diocese
In Minnesota, the Catholic Church is the single largest religious group of all faiths statewide. The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, five dioceses, and their Bishops manage more than 680 Churches and Catholic schools across the state (listed below). The Church provides services to hundreds of thousands of registered Catholics living in eighty-seven counties.
Minnesota Dioceses
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Catholic Center
77 Forest Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106
(651) 291-4400
Bishop: Donald DeGrood
E-Mail: communications@archspm.org
Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston Catholic
1200 Memorial Dr
Crookston, MN 56716
Bishop: Michael Joseph Hoeppner
(218) 281-4533
Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester
55 W 8th St
Winona, MN 55987
(507) 454-4643
Bishop: John M. Quinn
Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth
2830 E 4th St
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 724-9111
Bishop: Sede Vacante
Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Roman Catholic Diocese of St Cloud
214 3rd Ave S
St Cloud, MN 56301
Bishop: Donald Joseph Kettler
Cathedral: St Mary’s Cathedral
Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm
1421 6th N St
New Ulm, MN 56073
(507) 359-2966
Bishop: John M. LeVoir
Minnesota Clergy Sexual Abuse Attorneys Are Ready to Help
Our network of attorneys understands it is difficult to talk about the vile actions of what a clergy member did to you. We know the Catholic Church uses its power to continually fight back to victims saying nothing happened.
However, with Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC, on your side, you will never face them alone. We can assure you that your shocking story will be heard by all those responsible when settling your case or presenting evidence at trial.
Let us open your case today. Talk to us now so we can start filing all the necessary paperwork. Your actions today can ensure that no one else will ever be sexually assaulted by the religious authority again.
We will protect your rights, successfully resolve your case, and obtain financial compensation. Contact us now at (888) 424-5757. All information you share during an initial, free consultation concerning your case will remain confidential.
All Minnesota Churches:
All Saints Catholic Church, Baxter
All Saints Catholic Church, Lakeville
All Saints Catholic Parish, Madison Lake
All Saints Parish, New Richland
Annunciation Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Annunciation Catholic Church, Northfield
Annunciation Catholic Parish, Mayhew Lake
Ascension Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Ascension Catholic Church, Norwood Young America
Ascension School, Minneapolis
Assumption Catholic Church, Richfield
Assumption Catholic Church, Saint Paul
Assumption Catholic Parish, Barnesville
Assumption Catholic Parish, Callaway
Assumption Catholic Parish, Eden Valley
Assumption Catholic Parish, Florian
Assumption Catholic Parish, Morris
Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Parish, Menahga
Assumption Parish, Canton
Ave Maria Catholic Parish, Wheaton
Basilica of Saint Mary Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Winona
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hibbing
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Saint Paul
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish, Greenbush
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Duluth
Cathedral of Saint Paul Catholic Church, Saint Paul
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, New
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Crookston
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Parish, Winona
Catholic Campus Ministry Catholic Church, Duluth
Chesterton Academy, Hopkins
Christ Church Newman Center Catholic Parish, St. Cloud
Christ Our Light Catholic Parish, Princeton
Christ the King Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Christ the King Catholic Parish, Browerville
Christ the King Catholic Parish, Cambridge
Christ the King Parish, Byron
Christ the King Parish, Medford
Church of All Saints Catholic Parish, Holdingford
Church of All Saints, Minneapolis
Church of Japanese Martyrs Catholic Parish, Leavenworth
Church of Mary of the Visitation Catholic Parish, Becker
Church of Mary of the Visitation Catholic Parish, Big Lake
Church of Our Lady Catholic Parish, Manannah
Church of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Parish, Spicer
Church of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Parish, Lucan
Church of Ss. Peter And Paul Catholic Parish, Ivanhoe
Church of St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Olivia
Church of St. Anastasia Catholic Parish, Hutchinson
Church of St. Andrew Catholic Parish, Fairfax
Church of St. Andrew Catholic Parish, Granite
Church of St. Anne Catholic Parish, Wabasso
Church of St. Anthony Catholic Parish, Watkins
Church of St. Brendan Catholic Parish, Green
Church of St. Bridget Catholic Parish, De
Church of St. Catherine Catholic Parish, Redwood
Church of St. Clara Catholic Parish, Clara
Church of St. Clotilde Catholic Parish, Green
Church of St. Dionysius Catholic Parish, Tyler
Church of St. Edward Catholic Parish, Minnesota
Church of St. Eloi Catholic Parish, Ghent
Church of St. Francis Catholic Parish, Benson
Church of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Parish, Winthrop
Church of St. Genevieve Catholic Parish, Lake
Church of St. George Catholic Parish, West
Church of St. Gertrude Catholic Parish, Forest
Church of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Parish, Lafayette
Church of St. James Catholic Parish, Dawson
Church of St. John Catholic Parish, Appleton
Church of St. John Assumption Catholic Parish, Faxon
Church of St. John Cantius Catholic Parish, Wilno
Church of St. John Catholic Parish, Darwin
Church of St. John Catholic Parish, Hector
Church of St. John Catholic Parish, Ortonville
Church of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish, Searles
Church of St. Joseph Catholic Parish, Henderson
Church of St. Joseph Catholic Parish, Montevideo
Church of St. Joseph Catholic Parish, Lamberton
Church of St. Joseph Catholic Parish, Rosen
Church of St. Leo Catholic Parish, St.
Church of St. Malachy Catholic Parish, Clontarf
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Arlington
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Bird
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Cottonwood
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, New
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Seaforth
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Sleepy
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Tracy
Church of St. Mary Catholic Parish, Willmar
Church of St. Mathias Catholic Parish, Wanda
Church of St. Michael Catholic Parish, Gaylord
Church of St. Michael Catholic Parish, Madison
Church of St. Michael Catholic Parish, Milroy
Church of St. Michael Catholic Parish, Morgan
Church of St. Paul Catholic Parish, Comfrey
Church of St. Paul Catholic Parish, Nicollet
Church of St. Peter Catholic Parish, Canby
Church of St. Peter Catholic Parish, St.
Church of St. Pius X Catholic Parish, Glencoe
Church of St. Raphael Catholic Parish, Springfield
Church of St. St. Boniface Catholic Parish, Stewart
Church of St. St. Philip Catholic Parish, Litchfield
Church of St. Willibard Catholic Parish, Gibbon
Church of The Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, Marshall
Church of The Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, Renville
Church of The Holy Rosary Catholic Parish, Graceville
Church of The Holy Rosary Catholic Parish, North
Church of The Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Franklin
Church of The Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Murdock
Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Rochester
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School, West Saint Paul
Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Roseville
Corpus Christi Parish, Deerfield
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis
Crucifixion Parish, La Crescent
Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Faribault
Epiphany Catholic Church, Coon Rapids
Gichitwaa Kateri Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Golden Valley
Good Shepherd Parish, Jackson
Guardian Angels Catholic Church, Chaska
Guardian Angels Catholic Church, Oakdale
Hill-Murray School, Maplewood
Holy Angels Catholic Church, Moose Lake
Holy Childhood Catholic Church, Saint Paul
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Orr
Holy Cross Catholic Parish, Butler
Holy Cross Catholic Parish, Harding
Holy Cross Catholic Parish, North Prairie
Holy Cross Catholic Parish, Onamia
Holy Cross Catholic Parish, Pearl Lake
Holy Cross Parish, Dakota
Holy Family Catholic Parish, Silver
Holy Family Academy, Saint Louis Park
Holy Family Catholic Church, Cloquet
Holy Family Catholic Church, Duluth
Holy Family Catholic Church, Hillman
Holy Family Catholic Church, McGregor
Holy Family Catholic Church, Saint Louis Park
Holy Family Catholic Parish, Belle Prairie
Holy Family Catholic Parish, Halstad
Holy Family Parish, East Chain
Holy Family Parish, Kasson
Holy Family Parish, Lake Crystal
Holy Name Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Medina
Holy Redeemer Parish, Eyota
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Grand Portage
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Minneapolis
Holy Rosary Catholic Parish, Detroit Lakes
Holy Rosary Catholic Parish, Lancaster
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Saint Paul
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Two Harbors
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Virginia
Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, St. Cloud
Holy Spirit Parish, Rochester
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Goodhue
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, South Saint Paul
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Waterville
Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, Royalton
Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, Tabor
Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, Winsted
Holy Trinity Parish, Litomysl
Holy Trinity Parish, Rollingstone
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Marysburg, Madison Lake
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Columbia Heights