MINNESOTA/MICHIGAN
Canonical Consultation
01/12/2016
Jennifer Haselberger
According to the January 10, 2016 bulletin of Saint Philip Roman Catholic Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, Archbishop Nienstedt has found a job serving as an assistant priest at the parish, which is located in the Diocese of Kalamazoo.
Per the Pastor’s Column (see below, page two), Nienstedt will have an office at the parish center, but will be living at the neighboring Church of Saint Joseph. His duties will include covering masses in the absence of the pastor, visiting the sick and homebound, and assisting with ‘various pastoral ministries’. TH
Apropos of my previous column suggesting some reasons for releasing the Greene Espel report, the article notes that Archbishop Nienstedt’s connection with the pastor dates back to when he (Nienstedt) was assigned to the Shrine of the Little Flower. This time period was of particular interest to the G&E investigators, as at least one of the complaints uncovered dated to this period.
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