Posted on 07/20/2015 4:29:45 AM PDT by markomalley
Former Archbishop John Nienstedt said he remains “dumbfounded” by the allegations of personal misconduct that emerged last year during an internal church investigation of his behavior — a report that the archdiocese now is considering making public.
“It pains me deeply that my good name and reputation have been put into question by allegations that are entirely false and based wholly on rumor, hearsay, or innuendo,” said Nienstedt last week, in written responses to questions from the Star Tribune.
Commissioned by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the probe looked into claims that Nienstedt had engaged in behavior that was inappropriate for a priest. The Star Tribune has learned that investigators collected affidavits from priests, former seminarians and a former priest alleging actions, some dating to the Detroit area in the early 1980s, that range from inappropriate touching to visiting a gay nightclub.
Nienstedt resigned June 15, after Ramsey County prosecutors filed criminal and civil charges against the archdiocese, alleging “failure to protect children.” Nienstedt said he hoped his resignation would “give the archdiocese a new beginning.”
But the existence of the investigation has become yet another dilemma for a church sharply criticized for its handling of dozens of cases of alleged sexual abuse by priests. Earlier this year it filed bankruptcy to help deal with the mounting financial toll of those cases.
Some priests and parishioners are pressing interim Archbishop Bernard Hebda to make last year’s investigation of Nienstedt public. He must balance those demands against the promise of confidentiality granted to those who participated in the investigation, as well as the possible implications — if any — it could have in the criminal case brought by Ramsey County.
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He is a target of the homofascist nazis for destruction. They've already forced him from his post. They won't be satisfied until he is completely and utterly ruined, literally tarred, feathered, and marched to prison...and that's when they'd just get started (this is the RF so I'll stop here).
Agreed. They’re are trying to destroy him and Flynn still gets to be called “Bishop”.
The article refers to charges against him by seminarians, propositioning them. What do you know about these charges?
Over 50% of the priests accused of wrongdoing by the lamestream media and democrats ARE innocent.
The Lavender Mafia has tentacles everywhere. Especially in positions of public influence.
Satan is at work.
the probe looked into claims that Nienstedt had engaged in behavior that was inappropriate for a priest
What did he do, celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass...?
All true, he is a very decent man and a target, but it was the current Pope who forced him from his post.
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