MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: ANTHONY LONETREE , Star Tribune Updated: February 16, 2014
Church also must release larger list of priests accused of sexually abusing children.
A Ramsey County District Court judge on Sunday rejected a request by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that he delay a previous order requiring Archbishop John Nienstedt to testify about the church’s handling of clergy sexual abuse cases.
The archdiocese asked Judge John Van de North in motions last Thursday that he drop the earlier demands while the church proceeded with an appeal.
The judge also refused on Sunday to drop a related requirement — made as part of his Feb. 11 order — that the archdiocese release the names of all local priests accused of sexually abusing children since 2004.
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