MINNESOTA/MICHIGAN
CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Archbishop John Nienstedt, who resigned from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis after it was charged with failing to protect children from a priest convicted of child sex abuse, is moving out of Minnesota.

In a bulletin posted by the St. Philip Roman Catholic Church in Battle Creek, Michigan on Jan. 10, church officials say Nienstedt will be serving as an assistant priest at the parish – located in the Diocese of Kalamazoo.

The church says Nienstedt volunteered to temporarily assist the pastor of the parish in light of the pastor’s serious health challenges. Nienstedt took up a temporary residence in Battle Creek on Jan. 6, 2016.

“The Diocese of Kalamazoo is committed to providing safe environments for all people,” the church said. “As is the case for any priest or bishop ministering in the Diocese, Archbishop Emeritus Nienstedt begins his…