MINNESOTA
KARE
[with video]
Boyd Huppert, KARE October 6, 2015
ANOKA, Minn. – Pauline Cahalan arrived early. The “cradle” Catholic didn’t want to risk not getting a seat.
“I see this as a unique opportunity,” Cahalan said.
On Monday night she joined dozens of other Catholics in the launch of an unprecedented series of listening sessions with the man temporarily at the reigns of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
“I want a seat at the table,” said Cahalan. “The diocese has a trust factor problem as far as I’m concerned.”
The gathering at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Anoka, and one earlier in the day at St. Catherine University, kicked off nine listening sessions scheduled over the next month.
Many Catholics have had their faith in the church shaken over clergy sexual abuse, bankruptcy and the resignation of the former archbishop John Nienstedt.
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