Excerpt from Cherin Marie’s May 1, 2021 email to Bp. Stewart Ruch:

”Although I reached out to Deacon Val immediately after we began attending Rez, it took four weeks before she made herself available to meet with us, meaning that my family went an entire month at Resurrection before we received any personal pastoral care from the church. On June 16, 2019, we met with Deacon Val and Meghan Robins, where we told them, in detail, what had happened after we disclosed [redacted]’s abuse to Fr. Rand. [redacted] and I named five individuals who had concerning and predatory experiences with Mark, in addition to two children [redacted information] who were exhibiting behaviors that are common warning signs of sexual abuse. Deacon Val assured us that everything we told her would be shared in detail with you, and also that she would be creating pastoral care plans for our family. I’m not sure what went wrong here, but somehow it seems that this vital information was either never shared with you, or you did not consider it serious enough to take any action on. It was not until December of 2020 (a year and a half later) that I learned how little seemed to have been communicated to you. Somehow, I shared accounts and concerns about seven additional victims or potential victims, and none of this was taken seriously or acted on in any way by the church. We did leave the meeting with Val and Meghan feeling loved, heard, and supported, but this feeling slowly diminished over the following weeks, as promises were not kept and eventually we no longer felt safe remaining at Rez.”

Read more at https://www.acnatoo.org/diocese-of-the-upper-midwest/part-3-victims-mother-speaks