"3 named in abuse allegations - St. Cloud Times, July 29, 2006 — New allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced Friday against three members of the St. John’s monastic community. The Revs. Michael Bik, Bruce Wollmering and the late Rev. Robert Blumeyer were named in a statement by the abbey based on an annual review board report to Abbot John Klassen. ''It is the abbot’s view that these allegations are credible,'' said the Rev. William Skudlarek, abbey spokesman. The allegations against Bik were made in 1997 and include ''inappropriate sexual conduct with two teen-agers in the 1970s'' before he joined the abbey and before his ordination. The allegations against Wollmering were made in 2004 and include ''sexual misconduct early in the 1980s reported by a former St. John’s (University) student,'' according to Skudlarek. The sexual abuse charges against Blumeyer were made in September and involved a teen-age boy he knew while an assistant pastor at St. Bartholomew Parish in Wayzata... ... As many as 13 priests at the abbey have faced similar allegations... Bik’s main responsibilities were teaching theology and working in campus ministry at St. John’s Preparatory School until 2002. Blumeyer, an Iowa native, served as assistant pastor at the Church of St. Augustine in St. Cloud from 1965-68. He died of a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 61. Wollmering’s main responsibilities were teaching psychology and working in the counseling center at St. John’s University until 2003; he is now retired..."
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