Bishop More Interested in Bank Loan Than Protecting Children from Child Predator. (Winona,
Minnesota – January 05, 2016.) Today, the Hamilton James law group
filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of a former Winona man against the
Diocese of Winona relating to sexual abuse by Fr. Richard Hatch in 1962
when the boy was 13 – 14 years of age and a parishioner and student at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church and School.
Documents released by Hamilton
James reveal that the Winona Bishop was more concerned about Fr. Hatch’s
loan with the First National Bank of Pipestone than Hatch taking
children with him to Florida.
