MINNESOTA
Seattle PI
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A task force charged with independently investigating clergy sex abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will have limited access to information about priests.
In a recent letter to clergy, the Rev. Reginald Whitt said he will control the panel’s access to information about clergy abuse, which will be “limited only to what is necessary” for the task force to make informed decisions.
Archbishop John Nienstadt, who appointed Whitt to create the task force, earlier characterized the panel’s work as an independent review of clergy abuse. Nienstadt told Minnesota Public Radio (http://bit.ly/HsKwyT ) the task force would have “unprecedented authority to examine any and all issues associated with clergy sexual abuse.”
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