A ruling by a Stearns County judge could lead to the release of
extensive files on sexual abuse by priests in the Diocese of St. Cloud.
District Court Judge Kris Davick-Halfen said a public nuisance lawsuit against the diocese may proceed. The unnamed plaintiff in the case claims that the Rev. James Thoennes sexually abused him in the early 1970s at a Catholic school in Foley, Minn.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/06/30/st-cloud-diocese
District Court Judge Kris Davick-Halfen said a public nuisance lawsuit against the diocese may proceed. The unnamed plaintiff in the case claims that the Rev. James Thoennes sexually abused him in the early 1970s at a Catholic school in Foley, Minn.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/06/30/st-cloud-diocese