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According to court documents, several charges against Father Aaron Kuhn were recently upgraded to felonies. Kuhn served as pastor of St. John the Baptist, Bluffton; St. Ann, Wadena; St. Joseph, Bertha; St. Hubert, Blue Grass; Assumption of Our Lady, Menahga; St. Michael, Motley; and Sacred Heart, Staples. On March 11, 2026, Kuhn was charged with stalking, which allegedly occurred from September 2019 to October 2022. However, the specific details of the stalking incidents r

According to court documents, several charges against Father Aaron Kuhn were recently upgraded to felonies. He served as pastor of St. John the Baptist, Bluffton; St. Ann, Wadena; St. Joseph, Bertha; St. Hubert, Blue Grass; Assumption of Our Lady, Menahga; St. Michael, Motley; and Sacred Heart, Staples. On March 11, 2026, Kuhn was charged with stalking, which allegedly occurred from September 2019 to October 2022. However, the specific details of the stalking incidents rem

An attorney for Father Aaron John Kuhn filed a motion on February 20, asking a court to dismiss a criminal sexual conduct case against him, arguing that the Minnesota law used to charge him violates constitutional protections related to religion. In the motion, filed by attorney Paul Engh, the defense argues that Minnesota Statute 609.344—specifically the section dealing with clergy and sexual conduct—violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which bars the gover

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com When one thinks of the Nativity, the image is familiar—Mary and Joseph in a humble stable, surrounded by farm animals, with an angel nearby. Edward Blashack of Bertha has taken that traditional scene and expanded it far beyond the stable, transforming it into an entire city complete with camps, farmland, and intricate details that bring the story to life on a much larger scale. The basement of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bertha

According to the criminal complaint, on August 1, 2024, the St. Cloud Police Department began investigating a report of sexual abuse involving Aaron John Kuhn, 47, a priest with the Catholic Church, after receiving a tip from an individual regarding alleged abuse. An adult female reported that Kuhn engaged in multiple acts of sexual contact and sexual penetration with her between November 2019 and October 2022. At the time, Kuhn was providing the woman with spiritual directi

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by Karin L. Nauber karin@inhnews.com Sabbatical. . . When someone thinks of a sabbatical it is often in connection with teaching when a...