Bittersweet News
Weather predictions for 19 September warned of the first killing frost of 1992. But abbey members were numbed by other factors, more deeply felt, as well. A 5:30 a.m. telephone call came from Rome,...
View ArticleCongress of Abbots Update
Saint John’s Abbey was well represented at this Congress. Timothy Kelly, OSB, was there as the American Cassinese Congregation’s president. William Skudlarek, OSB, updated the Congress on thework of...
View ArticlePARTE DE PRENSA
POR QUE: Ess el anuncio de una demanda por radicarse el martes en el juzgado del Distrito del Condado Ramsey contra St. John’s Preparatory School en Collegeville, Minnesota, la St. John’s Abbey, la...
View ArticlePress Conference Scheduled
Announcement of a lawsuit to be filed on Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court against Collegeville, Minnesota-based St. John’s Preparatory School, St, John’s Abbey, the Order of St. Benedict and...
View ArticleAbbey Statement on Father Francisco Schulte
From that time through June of 2002, Father Francisco was living at Saint John’s Abbey with “prudent, non-risk” limitations on his ministry. Webmaster’s Note: This Abbey statement is full of lies. The...
View ArticleSt. John’s Abbey offers differing accounts on accused monk’s status
(SC Times) COLLEGEVILLE — St. John’s Abbey publications and newspaper articles from the 1990s on contradict the abbey’s own statement about the whereabouts and work history of the Rev. Francisco...
View ArticleFr. Francisco Schulte… 2008 Tour Guide
This photo shows Fr. Francisco Schulte giving a tour to the newest ”residents” of Sant’ Anselmo Monastery at Subiaco.
View ArticleAbbey Issues Apology
St. John’s Abbey on Tuesday issued an apology and said it regretted “shortcomings” in its statement last month about the work history and whereabouts of an abbey monk after the monk was accused of...
View ArticleYour turn: Abbey defends its oversight of Schulte
We regret and apologize for the shortcomings of the Abbey’s May 18 statement, which neither reflected changes in the past 30 years nor presented adequately the complexities of The Rev. Francisco...
View ArticleComplaint Against Fr. Francisco Schulte
On May 18, 2010, a lawsuit was filed against Fr. Francisco Schulte, a pedophile priest from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN. The full complaint (PDF Format) is here
View ArticlePolicy Not Followed… A Letter to Abbot John Klassen
I am requesting that you immediately notify all potential victims of Fr. Francisco Schulte in Puerto Rico, Minnesota, North Carolina, Rome, Mexico and the Bahamas. Policy Not Followed A Letter to Abbot...
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