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[The archbishop’s homily]
Tom Scheck, MPR News 2:39 p.m. EST December 15, 2013
EDINA, Minn. — Archbishop John Nienstedt has started addressing the clergy sex abuse scandal head on, telling parishioners and the media Sunday that he’s sorry he overlooked issues of abuse among parish priests.
Nienstedt said mass at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina. He told parishioners and reporters after mass that he was told the issue of clergy sex abuse was taken care of when he became archbishop seven years ago.
“Unfortunately I believed that and so my biggest apology today, and I did this last week at two other parishes, is to say I overlooked this. I should have investigated it more than I did,” Nienstedt said.
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