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 (AP) - The family of a man believed to have been
killed by a Roman Catholic priest in Hudson filed a civil lawsuit
Tuesday against nearly 200 bishops and other church officials,
asking them to disclose the names of abusive priests.

      The lawsuit against bishops throughout the country and the
United States Catholic Conference of Bishops was filed in St. Croix
County Circuit Court by relatives of Daniel O'Connell. He was shot
and killed Feb. 5, 2002, at the O'Connell Family Funeral Home in
Hudson along with an employee, James Ellison.

      "We're finishing a job Dan started," said Janet O'Connell,
Daniel O'Connell's mother.

      St. Croix County Circuit Judge Eric Lundell ruled last October
that there was probable cause that the Rev. Ryan Erickson shot the
two men. Erickson hanged himself in December 2004 in Hurley, just
days after police questioned him in the slayings.

      St. Croix County District Attorney Eric Johnson has said
evidence suggested O'Connell learned the priest was sexually
abusing someone, was providing alcohol to minors, or both.

      Jeffrey Anderson, the St. Paul, Minn.,-based attorney for the
family, said it was not seeking monetary damages.

      "We're not looking for money, we're looking for people," said
Thomas O'Connell Sr., Daniel's father.

      The claim seeks to prevent clergy sex abuse by forcing the
church hierarchy to disclose the names and locations of abusive
priests.

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The family of a man believed to have been
killed by a Roman Catholic priest in Hudson filed a civil lawsuit
Tuesday against nearly 200 bishops and other church officials,
asking them to disclose the names of abusive priests.



Hudson family files suit seeking names of clergy sex abusers

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