Neinstedt Hires Another Catholic Figure; SNAP Responds

By Barbara Dorris
SNAP
November 14, 2013

http://www.snapnetwork.org/neinstedt_hires_another_catholic_figure_snap_responds

Embattled Twin Cities Archbishop John Neinstedt has hand-picked another bureaucrat

Embattled Twin Cities Archbishop John Neinstedt has hand-picked another bureaucrat to help him cling to and repair his damaged reputation. She’s Kathleen McChesney, who was hired by America’s bishops to head their new Office of Child Protection a decade ago.

McChesney is the quintessential bureaucrat, unwilling to challenge corruption and anxious to please her bosses. She was no ‘profile in courage’ when she helped US bishops out of a jam a decade ago. We doubt she will be now.

Whether Nienstedt shares a few carefully selected records with one retired bureaucrat or ten, or with one lay catholic or a dozen, it won’t matter.

Neither McChesney nor anyone else Nienstedt pays will have subpoena power or real independence.

Catholic officials can scream 'independent' over and over. But if they pick and pay the people they'll consult with, no one can truly believe those new 'hired hands' will be unbiased.

It's very smart and safe for Nienstedt to hire McChesney. She did the bidding for bishops a decade ago and she'll do this bishop's bidding now.