MINNESOTA
KAAL
Updated: 02/18/2014
By: Leslie Dyste
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis appealed two matters to the State Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
They are asking the appeals court to throw out a lower court ruling forcing Archbishop John Nienstedt and former Vicar General Father Kevin McDonough to testify.
They are asking that another list of priests be kept sealed. That list contains the names of priests who were accused, but not “credibly accused” in the eyes of the Archdiocese.
The archdiocese released the names of nine more priests accused of sexual abuse on Monday.
Church leaders say it’s all in the name of transparency, but some say it’s more proof of an attempted cover up. All but one of the alleged incidents happened decades ago, and three of the nine priests have since died.
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