ST. CLOUD (MN)
St. Cloud Times
St. Cloud Bishop John F. Kinney talked about the challenges facing his diocese, his career, his retirement plans and victims of sexual abuse during a Rotary of St. Cloud luncheon today .
The 75-year-old spiritual leader of the Catholic diocese is the longest-serving bishop in the U.S. The ninth bishop of the St. Cloud diocese was a guest speaker at Le St-Germain Suite Hotel. …
Kinney appeared in good humor and good spirits on Tuesday despite the use of a cane. However, he eventually brought up the sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in recent years.
“The most difficult committee that I was asked to chair were the first years of the committee on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church, and I chaired that committee for eight years beginning in the 1990s,” said Kinney, who has sat down with the victims.
“I would want to say that our Safe Environment Program here in the Diocese of St. Cloud is one of the best in the United States … and we are a leader internationally as far as how to address the question of the care and protection of young people in our society.”
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