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Best Of Minnesota: Maple Syrup

Who makes the best maple syrup in Minnesota? WCCO viewers chose their favorite — St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., where monks have been tapping trees since World War II.

2013/03/30

Officer Tom Decker (credit: Cold Spring Police Department)

Slain Minnesota Officer Laid To Rest

A 31-year-old Cold Spring police officer who was known as a hometown boy and the department jokester will be laid to rest Wednesday.

2012/12/05

Thousands Attend Visitation For Fallen Cold Spring Officer

Of the thousands who braved the cold Tuesday evening in Cold Spring, there were many who had never met Officer Tom Decker, who died last week in what authorities called a surprise attack.

2012/12/04

Abbey Spokesman: Accused Member No Longer Active

A spokesman for St. John’s Abbey says he can’t address the central claim in a new lawsuit accusing abbey officials of allowing a member to continue teaching long after he was accused of sexual abuse.

2012/07/20

St. John’s Abbey Seeks To Keep Priest Info Private

The attorneys representing St. John’s Abbey are asking a judge to keep secret any documents or evidence that they turn over in a clergy sex-abuse lawsuit regarding Rev. Francisco Schulte.

2011/09/18

New York Man Sues St. John’s, Alleging Abuse

A New York man filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that he was sexually abused at a Bronx church in the 1960s by a priest who went on to become abbot of a Minnesota monastery and helped found an institute to deal with clergy sexual abuse.

2011/06/07

Puerto Rican Man Claims He Was Abused By MN Priest

A Puerto Rican man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest affiliated with a Minnesota abbey filed a lawsuit Monday against his alleged abuser and the religious order that runs the abbey.

2011/05/03

Left to right: John Kelly, Fran Hoefgen and Stephen Lilly (credit: CBS)

Accused Of Sexual Abuse: The Monks Living Next Door

Earlier this month, St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville mailed letters to thousands of St. John’s Prep School alumni saying over a period of more than 40 years, 17 monks had “credible allegations of sexual abuse brought against them.”

2011/04/28

Attorney: St. John’s Sex Abuse Suits Settled

Nine men who filed lawsuits claiming sexual abuse at the hands of monks or priests have reached settlements with St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, the plaintiffs’ attorney said Monday.

2011/03/28

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