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by bcadmin | Dec 4, 2020 | Joseph Wajda, Local News, Msgr. Paul Koscielniak, New Brighton, News, Sexual abuse, St. John the Baptist | 0 |
The abuser may have been Joseph Wajda, who was a transitional deacon at St. John the Baptist during the time frame the abuse is believed to have occurred, Archbishop Hebda said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2020 | Local News, New Brighton, News, St. Peter in Mendota, swindle, theft | 0 |
A New Brighton man was sentenced to 30 days on home monitoring, 30 days in jail, 10 years of supervised probation and ordered to pay more than $110,000 in restitution to St. Peter in Mendota after agreeing to plead guilty to three counts of theft by swindle from the parish.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Eucharist, Father Shovelain, Local News, New Brighton, News, seven parks, St. John the Baptist | 0 |
Father Paul Shovelain of St. John the Baptist in New Brighton knew parishioners couldn’t come to the church for Eucharist because of restrictions to curb spread of the coronavirus. So, he brought the Eucharist to them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2020 | clergy sex abuse, Local News, New Brighton, News, Paul Koscielniak, Safe Environment | 0 |
Msgr. Paul Koscielniak, the parish’s pastor from 1950-1977, has been accused of abusing an altar server multiple times between 1969 and 1975, when the boy was between the ages of 10 and 15.
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