Joe McLean grew up the youngest of six kids in a devout St. Paul
Catholic family. He was a product of Catholic schools, weekly religious
classes and Mass every Sunday, including a stint as an altar boy.
Religious retreats and confession were a normal part of that life. At a 1981 retreat for teen boys at St. Mary's church in downtown St. Paul, 17-year-old Joe met the Rev. Mike Charland, who was essentially on loan to the archdiocese from his religious order.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/29/twin-cities-clergy-abuse-victim-speaks-out
Religious retreats and confession were a normal part of that life. At a 1981 retreat for teen boys at St. Mary's church in downtown St. Paul, 17-year-old Joe met the Rev. Mike Charland, who was essentially on loan to the archdiocese from his religious order.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/29/twin-cities-clergy-abuse-victim-speaks-out