Minnesota Monks ‘Had Sex With Children’

Minnesota Monks ‘Had Sex With Children’

Monks at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, had sex with hundreds of people, including minors, according to files released by the monastery as part of a legal settlement. One monk reported hundreds of sexual encounters, including with students at a prep school. The files “show that the abbey did not try to cover up allegations and did a reasonable job of managing the monk and the problem,” a lawyer for the institution said. An attorney for victims alleges that the abbey allowed accused offenders to continue to work with children.