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Machiavellian Archbishop John Nienstedt replies to media calls for his resignation
Ever since a lay woman and canon lawyer Jennifer Haselberger released her affidavit where she described the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as a place where child abusers were given repeated opportunities to remain in the priesthood by (her boss) Archbishop John Nienstedt, several newspapers have called for Nienstedt’s resignation. The Star Tribune was one of those newspapers and oddly, it allowed Nienstedt to defend himself on August 1st in its “Editorial counterpoint: Archdiocese is working to restore trust, Nienstedt says” wherein he wrote, “In the end, it comes down to this: Eighteen years ago, Pope John Paul II chose me to serve the church as a bishop, an authentic successor of the Apostles. A bishop’s role is more like that of a father of a family than that of a CEO. I am bound to continue in my office as long as the Holy Father has appointed me here”.
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