News Links
2013 - Present
Civil Suits/Depositions
6-20-13: Doe 4 vs. DOC (Porter)
11-21-13: Doe 19 vs. DOC (Fitzgerald)
8-31-15: Judge Orders DOC (Marben)
10-3-16: Settlement (Jeyapaul)
5-9-17: Ron Vasek Civil Suit /Press Release (Hoeppner, Grundhaus)
12-27-17: Wrongly Reinstated(Sullivan)
10-8-18: Depositions
11-5-19: DOC Depositions Released
2-4-20: Vatican Prohibits Bishop Hoeppner from Handling Sex Abuse Cases While Under Investigation for Concealing Clergy Abuse Himself
2017 - Present
News Reports
5-10-17: MN Bishop Rejects Claim
9-26-18: Alleged Abuse Victim Searches for Justice
7-17-19: DOC Reaches Settlement/Releases Depositions
9-10-19: Vos estis Investigation Hoeppner
11-5-19: Bishop Kept Abuser in Ministry
1-14-20: When Will Pope Francis Act on Hoeppner?
2-4-20: Vatican Further Investigation Hoeppner.
2017-Present
Vortex, News Reports,
The Download
11-21-17: MN Abuse Victim Claims Bishop Bullied
6-4-19: Bishop Slams Michael Voris
6-5-19: Vortex 'Cover Up Bishop Attacks CM'
8-8-19: Vortex 'Competing Catholicism'
9-14-19: Michael Voris Speaker at Roman Catholic Revival Crookston
10-11-19: MN First to be Investigated
11-5-19: Deposition, Victim Testimony
11-6-19: Vortex 'Busted Bishop' (Ron Vasek Interview)
12-16-19: Catholics Demand Ouster MN Bishop
12-18-19: Vortex 'This Has Got to End' (Bemidji, Hoeppner, Braukmann, Huck)
1-10-20: MN Priest on Leave-Speaks Out (Kujawa)
1-14-20: Vortex 'Vengeful Bishop' (Bemidji, Hoeppner, Kujawa, Foltz)
2-4-20: Vatican Deepening Investigation (Hoeppner)
2-25-20: MN Laity Launch Website to Purify Their Diocese
4-14-21: Abusive Fathers (Hoeppner Mass of Thanksgiving/Farewell)
4-15-21: Good Riddance (Hoeppner Resignation)
February 2020
Ave Maria Radio:
Kresta in the Afternoon
Feb. 18, 2020: Interview with Ron Vasek.
2019-present
National Catholic Register
Sep. 12, 2019: Vatican Authorizes 'Vos Estis' Investigation Into Minnesota Bishop Hoeppner
Nov. 5, 2019: Depositions Reveal MN Bishop Kept Admitted Child Abuser in Ministry.
2020
Crookston Times
Feb. 5, 2020: Diocese of Crookston - Hoeppner Will No Longer Will Be Involved Investigations
2020
Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, ND
Mar. 8, 2020: Cindy Driscoll sues lawyer (Sacred Heart Foundation, Sacred Heart Church, East Grand Forks) over will. Msgr. Michael Foltz, pastor at the time.
2002
Native American Press
Ojibwe News
May 3, 2002 FBI files criminal complaint against Red Lake Indian
Gary Lee Wipf charged with possession of child pornography
St. Mary's Catholic Mission, Red Lake, MN. Fr. Patrick Sullivan was pastor at the time.
2021
Resignation of Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner
CROOKSTON, MINNESOTA, April 13, 2021 – It has been announced today that, after an extensive investigation, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, asked for, and has now accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael Hoeppner from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Crookston.