MINNESOTA
Canonical Consultation

05/11/2015

Jennifer Haselberger

Those of you who regularly read this blog may recall that this past Wednesday, May 6, was the rescheduled Clergy Study Day for priests and deacons of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The topics of the day were ‘Focusing on our Core Purpose as Church While Going Through Reorganization’ ( subtitled ‘Lessons Learned with the Archdiocese of Boston’), and ‘Revisioning the Next Chapter in the Life of our Archdiocese’.

Priests and deacons who would be in attendance were invited to submit questions in advance, and perhaps not surprisingly one question that came up was when and if the report by Green Espel into Archbishop Nienstedt’s personal conduct would be released to the public. To his credit, the Archbishop did respond to this question at the Study Day, although his answer raised more questions than it resolved.

I have heard from several…