Attorneys representing a
man who successfully sued the Diocese of Duluth for sexual abuse
released documents Monday showing that diocesan officials were aware of
predatory priests long before their client was molested.
One
of the attorneys, Mike Finnegan, said he hoped that publicizing the
documents would pressure the diocese to release more files and encourage
survivors to take legal action. “These documents — seeing how dangerous
these four individuals are — make us believe there are a lot of people
in the Diocese of Duluth and across the state who were abused by these
predators,” Finnegan said.