For the first time in the United States, a Bishop of the Catholic Church is being sued for coercion. Bishop Michael Hoeppner is in charge of the Crookston Diocese and sees over most of Western Minnesota. He's accused of forcing a Deacon candidate to stay quiet about alleged sexual abuse.
That candidate is now calling the Bishop "evil' - he says he was abused 46 years ago, and again today. Crookston Diocese Bishop Michael Hoeppner is facing the first lawsuit of its kind after Ron Vasek accused him of coercing him in a sex abuse coverup.
http://www.wdaz.com/news/minnesota/4264305-crookston-bishop-accused-sexual-abuse-cover
That candidate is now calling the Bishop "evil' - he says he was abused 46 years ago, and again today. Crookston Diocese Bishop Michael Hoeppner is facing the first lawsuit of its kind after Ron Vasek accused him of coercing him in a sex abuse coverup.
http://www.wdaz.com/news/minnesota/4264305-crookston-bishop-accused-sexual-abuse-cover
