The Catholic Church ignored warning signs again:

It appears the Catholic Church ignored warning signs of sexual abuse again. 

Roman Catholic Church officials knew a decade ago of sexual-misconduct allegations against a then-seminarian now presumed to have fatally shot two men in a Hudson, Wis., funeral home, according to court records released this week.

A two-page investigative report by Hudson police outlining the key events in the Rev. Ryan Erickson’s life did not offer details about the abuse allegations, and he was not charged.

But court records in testimony Monday before a St. Croix County judge indicated that Vilas County investigators in northern Wisconsin contacted officials at the Diocese of Superior in 1994 about Erickson, who was attending the seminary at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minn.

I’m glad it is coming out, like the truth always does, but look at the damage that has been caused by ingoring the problem.

Complete Story St. Paul Pioneer Press | 10/05/2005 | Sex charges go back years.

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