In 2013 a fifteen year old freshman at Albany High School wrote the following for her English class:
The Crimes at St. Johns
Contrary to popular belief, Minnesota is not a safe, innocent place. In fact, Stearns County, in the heart of the state, is the most dangerous place in the Midwest. The cause of this danger is the major ring of pedophilia at St. Johns University, which has been thoroughly covered-up for decades. No one at the school is safe, at least not while the accused pedophiles are allowed to roam freely among them at the University.
In most cases, when an alleged victim accuses someone of a crime, there is always some element of doubt that their allegations are accurate, unless there is a witness or another victim. In this case, the allegations do not stop at St. Johns University, nor do they stop with one victim. There are also alleged victims at St. Johns Preparatory School, St. Johns Abbey, the Liturgical Press, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, and the School of Theology in Collegeville, MN; all of which are associated with the University. Not only have there been just a few members of the St. Johns community that have been accused of sexual abuse or misconduct, but over forty people since 1940. These allegations range from sodomy and fondling to physical and sexual assault.
The number of victims is absolutely nauseating. Not a few dozen, but a few hundred. Over three-hundred victims have come forward, and those are the just the ones that are brave enough to try and take a stand. Imagine the number of victims who are too afraid to come forward, or are threatened and blackmailed not to. Three-hundred victims divided by forty pedophiles comes out to over seven victims per accused person. The victims do not stop at male students, as many would believe. The list includes young men, women, monks, nuns, and even priests. As previously stated, no one is safe.
The common denominator to all of these cases is the reason that the pedophilia ring is not public knowledge. None of the accused priest have been justly punished. There has been no arrests made, nor thorough investigations of the happenings at the University. This is because St. Johns, and its affiliates, believe they are above the law. They know that they can get away with these horrendous crimes because of that. They have the money and power to make sure that authorities are not brought into the investigations, and if they are, the authorities are told to stay away from convictions. The extent of the punishments from St. Johns itself to the offenders usually only gets as severe as forced retirement, or banning from campus at the worst.
Why is St. Johns above the law? Why do they feel they can get away with the malicious crimes they are committing? Especially when they are a Catholic community! They are supposed to follow their oaths that allowed them to attain the titles they have. They are not. They are consciously taking pleasure in the misuse and mistreatment of young people, and are getting away with it as they have for decades.
Rothstein wonders why the children of Stearns County must live in fear and trepidation. The answer is simple: when good people do nothing to protect their child, the children pay the price. Rosenthals theory of diminishing testicles certainly applies
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