Patrick Nealy CSC

The bishop of St. Cloud, MN, is Patrick Nealy CSC, the same order running the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, not far from Chicago, where Leo was born and educated. Francis appointed Nealy in December 2022.

Father Joseph Herzing: He was charged with multiple felonies including third-degree criminal sexual conduct, stalking, and threats of violence, and prosecutors said that he engaged in a pattern of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse against an adult woman seeking spiritual guidance.

Father Aaron John Kuhn: He was charged by summons in Stearns County with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and police said that he used his position as a spiritual advisor to manipulate and pressure an adult woman into a sexual relationship over a three-year period.

​Father Anthony Oelrich: A former priest who was convicted and served prison time for criminal sexual conduct after engaging in a sexual relationship with a woman seeking spiritual advice, he was dismissed from the priesthood in late 2022.

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St. Cloud

In May 2020, the Diocese of St. Cloud agreed to a $22.5 million financial settlement trust to compensate approximately 70 survivors of child sexual abuse, with cases dating back to the 1950s.

In June 2020, facing mounting lawsuits after Minnesota temporarily lifted the statute of limitations on civil child abuse claims, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In December 2020, the bankruptcy settlement was finalized and approved by a federal judge.

The bishop of Saint Cloud in 2020 was Donald J. Kettler. He was in charge from 2013 until December 2022.

The diocese faces ongoing financial and institutional challenges tied to those historical events, including a significant pension shortfall and a major pastoral restructuring plan that merges 131 parishes into 48 parish groups.
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Christian Brothers

United States & Canada
In North America, more than 400 abuse survivors were involved in a major Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring tied to the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Dozens of additional independent and class-action suits have been filed across the continent, such as claims surrounding British Columbia schools and Briscoe Memorial School in Washington state.

The North American province reached a $16.5 million bankruptcy settlement in 2013. Prior to that, they paid approximately $25.6 million in earlier abuse cases between 2006 and 2011. In Canada, settlements have included a $23 million resolution in Ontario in 1993 and a proposed $30 million settlement for Vancouver-area schools.
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SSPX
Society of St. Pius X
Oak Grove/St. Cloud Area
Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel & Academy

• Address: 777 221st Ave NW, Oak Grove, MN
• School and Mass: The Society offers a priory, an academy for students, and hosts frequent Masses.
• St. Cloud Mission: Priests from Oak Grove also serve at St. Robert Bellarmine Church located at 430 8th Avenue S in St. Cloud.

FSSP
Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
In Minnesota they operate out of the Church of All Saints.
Parish Location & Contact

• Address: 435 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN
• Phone: (612) 379-4996
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: FSSP Minneapolis

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