MINNESOTA
Grand Forks Herald
By: Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio News
Joe Schmidt’s church can count on him this year for a Christmas donation. His generosity, however, won’t reach the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
He plans to send only $1 to Archbishop John Nienstedt’s annual Catholic Services Appeal, which helps run the archdiocese. The dollar will come with a message of frustration over allegations that archdiocese leaders for decades covered up sexual abuse by priests.
“I give them a nominal amount just to say I considered it, but I’m going in a different direction,” said Schmidt, a parishioner at Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The dollar “sends the message that I’m no longer going to support the administration.”
Church leaders across the metro are bracing for similar reactions from Catholics across the Twin Cities.
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