Catholic
diocese records that were previously sealed show a priest with a
history of sexually abusing young girls served in the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Crookston likely in the 1950s.
The Rev. Francis Schenk, former bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Duluth, wrote several letters in
1960 and 1961 stating the Rev. Charles Gormly, who died in 1968, had a
history of molesting girls and had been a priest in the Crookston
diocese. The Duluth diocese admitted last December the allegations
against Gormly are credible.