The several hundred sex abuse claims against the archdiocese is a sobering moment for the church. A day after the deadline
for filing clergy abuse claims against the St. Paul and Minneapolis
archdiocese, interim Archbishop Bernard Hebda described the number of
victims who stepped forward as “staggering.”
“It’s
helped me to realize how much pain there can be out there on these
issues, that there can be 407 people carrying these burdens,” said
Hebda, who became interim archbishop of the St. Paul and Minneapolis
Archdiocese in June.
