This past week, the Crosier’s released a list of Crosiers with one or more credible claims of sexual abuse of minors. On that list were the names of six who worked in the St Cloud area:
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Neil Emon, osc
Date of birth: 11/20/1940
Date of ordination: 06/03/1967
Weekend priest/spiritual director, Central Minnesota TEC Program, 1978–88
Pastor, St. Peter, St. Cloud, Minn., 1980–89
Date removed from ecclesiastical ministry: 5/28/2002
Current location: Phoenix, living under safety plan
Current status: Retired; no priestly faculties
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Gerald Funcheon
Date of birth: 07/22/1938
Date of ordination: 05/22/1965
Teacher/Spiritual Director, Cathedral High School, St. Cloud, Minn., 1980–82
Date removed from ecclesiastical ministry: 4/1/1993
Status: Dispensed from vows on 6/25/1987; incardinated into Diocese of Lafayette-
in-Indiana on 7/31/1987
Current location: Missouri
Current status: No priestly faculties
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James Moeglein, osc
Date of birth: 01/05/1943
Date of ordination: 05/31/1970
Deacon, St. Mary’s, St. Cloud, Minn., Summer 1969–70
Weekend priest/spiritual director, Central Minnesota TEC Program, 1978-–88
Date removed from ecclesiastical ministry: 6/1/2002
Current location: Onamia, living under safety plan
Current status: No priestly faculties
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Wendell Mohs
Date of birth: 2/18/1952
Date of first profession: 8/21/1974
Weekend retreat staff, Central Minnesota TEC Program, 1979–82
Date removed from work with minors: Was not a member of the Order at the time of allegation
Current location: Minnesota
Current status: Left the Order on 11/1/1982; dispensed from vows on 9/17/1987
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Roger Vaughn
Date of birth: 06/16/1948
Date of ordination: 05/14/1977
Prior assignments:
Weekend priest/spiritual director, Central Minnesota TEC Program, 1979–84
Parochial Vicar, St. Peter, St. Cloud, Minn., 1980–84
Date removed from ecclesiastical ministry:10/6/2000
Current location: New York
Current status: Dismissed 11/27/2001; no longer a member of the Roman Catholic Church
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Justin Weger, osc
Date of birth: 04/21/1925
Date of ordination: 06/07/1952
Associate, St. Mathias, Fort Ripley, Minn., 1953–54
Pastor, St. Therese, Vineland, Minn., 1957–67
Date removed from ecclesiastical ministry: Priestly faculties withdrawn 1976
Current status: Deceased (1/15/2005)
The names are now disclosed, there are more lists that exist in Minnesota, and there are many more names to find.
Abuse of children and the continued silence by the offenders needs to be prevented. If you suffered, saw, or suspected such events, it is important to know that there is help out there.
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