Rome–Victims urge Pope to block move of accused MN archbishop
ROME
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, Jan. 13
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests (314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com)
An archbishop accused of committing sexual misconduct and concealing child sex crimes will start working in a Michigan parish. We call on Pope Francis to reverse this stunningly reckless and callous move. And we call on all of Michigan’s bishops to denounce it.
Last year, Archbishop John Nienstedt resigned his post as head of the Twin Cities archdiocese after his archdiocese became “the nation’s first (to be) charged with failure to protect children,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Nienstedt also allegedly sexually abused several seminarians.
And he’s accused of interfering with a church investigation into clergy sexual misconduct.
But now, church officials say Nienstedt will soon work at…
