MINNESOTA
Fox 9
video report by Tom Lyden
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) –
Archbishop John Nienstedt testified Wednesday about his knowledge of clergy sexual abuse, but the deposition came to an abrupt end, according to the victim’s attorney.
“It ended quite abruptly and quite heatedly,” Anderson recalled.
St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson told Fox 9 News that Nienstedt ended the four-hour deposition abruptly by walking out when asked to turn over the archdiocese’s files of credibly accused priests.
“He tried to explain he’s been doing an internal review, and I said, ‘You’ve been doing an internal review for 20 years,'” Anderson said.
A spokesperson for the Archdiocese contends that Nienstedt did not “walk out of the deposition,” as attorney Anderson claims. Instead, the spokesperson says the deposition had run past its allotted time.
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