MINNESOTA
Duluth News Tribune
By: Associated Press
EDINA, Minn. — Archbishop John Nienstedt acknowledges that Catholic bishops have failed in their response to the clergy abuse crisis, according to prepared remarks he’s scheduled to give during a homily Sunday in Edina.
The comments come a few weeks after the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis released a list of abusive priests in response to a court order. The list named 34 priests accused of sexually abusing minors.
Nienstedt said news reports of the abuse “have rightly been met with shame, embarrassment and outrage,” in part because of the heinous acts of those who had taken priestly vows, but also because bishops failed to remove them from ministry.
The homily was sent in advance to clergy throughout the archdiocese, Minneapolis Public Radio reported. The remarks don’t say which bishops failed to remove abusive priests.
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