human....I have no idea-makes you wonder. Can't imagine what a 'settlement' means....unless it's an admission of some sort. I copied + pasted the article verbatim. It reads like the Guimonds and St John's are butting heads. I have read there was bloodhounds brought to the site but not allowed into the Abbey but also read that another dog tracker contested the methods used by the tracker and her bloodhounds(I posted a link to that). I've done some reading about Josh Guimond + Chris Jenkins and while the disappearance and drowning of those two young men in addition to a host of others along rivers is mysterious....I haven't found a connection to Jacob's abduction-maybe somebody else has?
One of the links I have seen is that both Jacob's and Josh's cases were linked to priests at St. John's - Jacob's to Fr. Tom Gillespie (who was the parish priest in St. Joe when Jacob was abducted.) Fr. Tom also spent much time with the Wetterling family "counseling" them. Josh's case was linked to Fr. Jerome Tupa who was Josh's dorm advisor and is currently the parish priest at St. Joe. (He replaced Gillespie.) Fr. Tupa was active in getting Josh's dad barred from St. Johns. Both of these priests are from St. Johns and Fr. Tom is on "restriction" at St. Johns, because he is an admitted pedophile. Fr. Tupa paints nude pics, but is not on restriction as far as I know.
http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com/wordpress/father-tupas-bulletin-message/
Other possible commonalities in their cases are musical, both Jacob and Josh played the trombone. Jacob was just learning. Josh was a music student at St. Johns. DR teaches music at St. Johns. Seems to be some sort of consistent musical, religious connection that keeps popping up. Other people we have looked at, such as the polka padre, also have an interest in music and pedophilia. It can't ALL be just a coincidence.