Over the last year, Catholic Dioceses from across the United States have released lists of known clergy sexual abusers. There’s no greater breach of trust than when someone in a position of power and authority sexually abuses someone. These acts have devastating effects on victims. Forester Haynie is an advocate for victims of clergy abuse as well as for anyone abused by a person in a position of power. Already, more than 3,000 civil lawsuits have been filed on behalf of victims of clergy abuse. Here are the names of known abusers in the state of Minnesota:
| Last | First | Status | Diocese |
| Adamson | Thomas | Settled | Winona, MN |
| Altermatt | Cletus | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Andert | Thomas | Reinstated | St. Cloud, MN |
| Antus | Roland | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Ardolf | Edward | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Backous | Timothy (Fr Timo) | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Baglio | Joseph L | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Baker | Stephen P | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Becker | Dennis E. | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Bennett | Andre | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Bik | Michael | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Blanchard | Kirby | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Blumeyer | Robert | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Bourassa | Stanley C. | Accused | Crookston, MN |
| Boxleitner | J Jerome | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Boyd | Richard (Rick) | Convicted | Crookston, MN |
| Brennan | Michael | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Brey | Lawrence S. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Brisson | Paschal (James) | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Brom (Bp) | Robert H. | Settled | Duluth, MN |
| Brouillard | Louis | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Brown | John T. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Brown | Sylvester F. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Buckley | Gordon | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Buckley | Ramon Jerome | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Bussman | John J. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Canu | Anthony | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Carriere | Henry G. | Convicted | Crookston, MN |
| Cashman | Joseph C. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Caskey | John Lloyd | Convicted | St. Cloud, MN |
| Charland | Michael | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Chateauvert | Victor Lucien | Convicted | Duluth, MN |
| Clark | Robert | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Colston | Leonard | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Connolly | Isaac | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Cook | Louis G. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Cossette | Raymond | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Cowley | Leonard P | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Curtis | William D. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Dahlheimer | Cosmas (Cosmos) | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Damiani | Joseph | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| DeSutter | Gilbert J. | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| DeVenster | Cornelius | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Devorak | James | Cleared | New Ulm, MN |
| Dimmerling | Harold Joseph | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Dinya | Patrick Joseph | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Dolan | Timothy | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Duane | Thomas E. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Dudley (Bp.) | Paul V. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Dummer | Donald | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Dvorak | Gerald | Reinstated | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Eccleston | John W. | Convicted | St. Cloud, MN |
| Eckroth | Richard | Settled | St. Cloud, MN |
| Eidenschink | John | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Emon | Neil J. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Feiten | John Richard | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Ferguson | Alphonsus | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Filbin | Ambrose R. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Fitzpatrick | Robert | Reinstated | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Fleischhacker | Roman | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Foley | Gerald K. (Jerry) | Accused | Crookston, MN |
| Forcelle | Joseph Thomas | Reinstated | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Fox | Frederick | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Frost | Edmund | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Funcheon | Gerald | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Gall | Sylvester L. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Gallatin | Joseph G. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Gansmann | Kenneth John | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Garding | William Nicholas | Convicted | St. Cloud, MN |
| Gauthier | Raoul | Arrested | St. Cloud, MN |
| Gillespie | Thomas | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Gleason | John L. | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Golobich | John | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Goniea | Ralph | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Gopaul | Paul A. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Gormly | Charles J. | Sued | Crookston, MN |
| Goryczka | Stanislaus | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Graham | William C | Sued | Duluth, MN |
| Greg | Brother | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Grieman | Gerald | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Gross | Richard | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Grundhaus | Roger | Accused | Crookston, MN |
| Guerrero | Gabriel | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Guetter | Michael | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Gustafson | Gilbert J. | Convicted | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Hambrock | Eugene | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Hatch | Richard H. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Hazel | Robert L. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Heitzer | Louis J. (Joseph) | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Henrich | Rudolph M. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Hoefgen | Francis F. | Charged | St. Cloud, MN |
| Hohmann | Othmar (Leo) | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Hough | William F. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Jacques | Raymond | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Jeub | Richard H. | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Jeyapaul | Joseph Palanivel | Convicted | Crookston, MN |
| Johnston | James | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kabat | Paul | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kaiser | Ferdinand L. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Kampa | Dennis C. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kapoun | Robert | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Keating | Michael Jerome | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kelleher | Cornelius | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Keller | Dominic (Joseph) | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Kelly | James | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Kelly | John | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Kemp | Thomas | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kern | Jerome (Jerry) C. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Klaers | Marvin J. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Klein | Robert William | Sued | Duluth, MN |
| Klimek | Valentine | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Kolar | Michael G. | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Koppala | Leo Charles | Sentenced | Winona, MN |
| Krakovsky (Krakowski) | Reginald M. | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Krautkremer | Lee D. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Kremer | Joseph C. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Krough | Jack L. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Kuisle | Michael J. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Kujawa | Richard | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Kunz | Germain | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| LaPan | Kenneth | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| LaVan | Kenneth | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Lederer | Brian M. | Charges Dropped | Duluth, MN |
| Lendacky | Joseph | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Lennon | James W. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Liles | Ronan C. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Lilly | Stephen | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Loftus | Robert | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Longley | Alfred | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Lutgen | Henry M | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Madigan | Gregory | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Mahon | Gerald | Settled | Winona, MN |
| Maiers | Brennan | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Majerus | Harry | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Makowski | Mark J. | Convicted | Duluth, MN |
| Manning | (Thomas) Gregory | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Marfori | Antonio F | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Markey | Francis Xavier | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Marks | William Joseph | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| McCarthy | Timothy | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| McDonald | Finian | Settled | St. Cloud, MN |
| McGrath | John E. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Melancon | Ron | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Meyer | Thomas Gregory | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Mohm | James A. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Mohs | Wendell | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Molina | Antonio | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Montero | Francisco (Fredy) | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Moorse | Dunstan | Settled | St. Cloud, MN |
| Mountain | Harold B | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Mountain | Joseph | Sued | Winona, MN |
| Mullin | Doug | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Munie | Orville Lawrence | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Murphy | James Robert | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Murphy | John M. | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Namie | James B | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Nicholson | John | Settled | Duluth, MN |
| Nienstedt | John C. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Ohlemacher | Richard N. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Opat | Kenneth M. | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Palmitessa | Paul | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Paquet | Michael | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Phillips | James | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Pinkosh | Joseph | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Plakut | Casimir | Accused | Crookston, MN |
| Poser | Gregory H. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Potocki | Charles | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Puhl | Dennis | Convicted | Duluth, MN |
| Reid | Francis R (Frank) | none | Crookston, MN |
| Reynolds | Francis J. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Rieder | Donald W. | Convicted | St. Cloud, MN |
| Roney | David A. | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Rose | Charles Anthony “Raimond” | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Ryan | Patrick Joseph | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Schik | Anton | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Schleisman | Douglas L. | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Schlosser | Marcene | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Schmitt | Urban | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Schulte | Raymond Francisco | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Shelley | Jonathan P. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Skluzacek | Richard | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Skoblik | Michael G. | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Smith | Leland J. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Smith | Robert A. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Snyers | Peter D. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Speiser | Allan P. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Stack | Thomas | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Stark | Charles | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Stark | James P. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Steiner | Bernard | Sued | New Ulm, MN |
| Stevens | Michael John | Convicted | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Stitts | Thomas S. | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Strub | Augustine John | Accused | Crookston, MN |
| Stuppy | Georgene | Settled | Winona, MN |
| Sullivan | Patrick A. | Reinstated | Crookston, MN |
| Tarlton | Allen | Settled | St. Cloud, MN |
| Taylor | Mel | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Taylor | Robert H. | Accused | Winona, MN |
| Thibaudeau | Joseph | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Thoennes | James A. | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Thurner | Robert Michael | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Toporowitz | Stephen | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Twardochleb | Emil | Sued | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Unnamed Priest in Duluth | Unknown | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Vaughn | Roger | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Vedro | James A. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Wagner | Sam | Accused | New Ulm, MN |
| Wajda | Joseph | Settled | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Walter | Raymond Frederick | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Ward | Daniel J. | St. Cloud, MN | |
| Weber | Michael Willard | Settled | St. Cloud, MN |
| Weger | Justin K. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Wehmann | Mark H. | Reinstated | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Wehmeyer | Curtis Carl | Convicted | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Wendt | Pirmin (George) | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Wey | William J. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Whittet | Harold E. | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Wollmering | Bruce | Sued | St. Cloud, MN |
| Wolski | Adalbert | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Worzalla | Vincent | Accused | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Yzermans | Vincent Arthur | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
| Zachman | Francis | none | St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN |
| Zankl | Angelo | Accused | Duluth, MN |
| Zilkoski | Francis J. | Accused | St. Cloud, MN |
Forester Haynie is an advocate for victims of clergy abuse as well as for anyone abused by a person in a position of power. If you have suffered sexual abuse by a member of the clergy or a person of authority please fill out the form or call us at (888) 869-8100. Our firm offers free consultations to help you access compensation and help with your recovery. We stand ready to assist you, and we stand ready to hold these institutions to accountable
In the U.S. legal system, all accused persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This chart is based generally on allegations reported publicly in the media or publicly filed in the courts. Forester Haynie does not confirm the accuracy of any actual allegation, and this chart is not a representation of the legal case history of an individual. Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure accuracy.
