MINNESOTA
KARE

Jay Olstad, KARE July 31, 2014

ST. PAUL, Minn. – In a rare series of interviews, Archbishop John Nienstedt sat down with KARE 11 and other news outlets to answer questions about the growing concerns over his handling of clergy sex abuse.

For months, his critics have called for his resignation. Nienstedt said he’s not going anywhere.

“We want people to know we are not just sitting here taking our licks. We’ve been working very, very hard and I have whole new team in place now,” he said.

He said the church has made improvements, including beefing up monitoring programs for priests who have abused in the past. He also said church officials have reviewed 3,000 priest files and are implementing recommendations from an archdiocese task force.

Nienstedt took over as Archbishop in 2008 and one year later assigned Father Curtis Wehmeyer to be the pastor at…