An Iowa spokesman for a group that helps survivors of
abused by priests says a Catholic priest who was publicly identified in
Minnesota as a “credibly accused” child molester also worked in three
Iowa towns. Father Paul Kabat worked in Milo from 1995 to 1998, Council
Bluffs from 1992 to 1995 and Logan from 1985 to 1992.
Steve Thiesen of Hudson is the Iowa director of the Survivors Network of those Abused
by Priests or SNAP. Thiesen says they would now like the bishops in the
parishes to reach out to each of the parishes in Iowa where Kabat was
stationed to see if there are other people who were abused. “And have
any of them come forward, report it to law enforcement, it’s up to the
victim if they want to report it to the diocese,” Thiesen says. He says
the bishops need to work with any victims and “get that victim healed.”