MINNESOTA
Press TV (Iran)
A high ranking catholic priest in the US state of Minnesota, who was forced to resign after clergy in his church were charged with sexual abuse, has been appointed assistant priest at a church in Michigan state.
Saint Philip Roman Catholic church in Kalamazoo announced this week that it had appointed John Nienstedt, the former archbishop of St Paul and Minneapolis, to assist the parish while its head pastor dealt with medical issues.
Nienstedt resigned in June 2015, days after Ramsey County attorney John Choi filed criminal and civil charges against the archdiocese.
Choi had alleged that the archdiocese “time and time again turned a blind eye” to sex abuse by the clergy. It was the first time a US archdiocese had faced sex abuse charges in the past ten years.
The criminal charges are pending at the Ramsey County civil court.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (Snap) called on Pope Francis to reverse the decision and asked Michigan bishops to denounce Nienstedt’s appointment.
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