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Posted by Andrea Parrott (Editor) , December 17, 2013
Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piché will take over the public duties of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who has been accused of inappropriately touching a boy in 2009, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Nienstedt denies the allegation and will voluntarily step aside from public ministry during the investigation.
Bishop Lee Piché was ordained as a priest in 1984, according to his biography from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. He has served at multiple churches, including All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville from the early 2000s to 2008. He also spent time teaching at the University of St. Thomas from 1994 to 1997.
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