New information is passing between St. John's Abbey and the Stearns County Sheriff about monks accused of sexual abuse. Officials at the abbey say the information was never restricted. But recent interest in cases of sex abuse by clergy led the abbot at St. John's to begin talking more openly about monks who have been accused of sexual misconduct. He revealed that a former abbot, still living in the monastery, had abused two monks in the 1970s. Twelve other monks and priests continue to have their activities restricted in some way because of sexually-related allegations. The sheriff says for now he's simply double-checking facts and supplementing his criminal files with any information he can get from St. John's abbey. Mainstreet Radio's Jeff Horwich reports from Collegeville.