Archbishop John Nienstedt and a deputy bishop resigned Monday after prosecutors there charged the archdiocese with having failed to protect children from unspeakable harm from a pedophile priest.I don't think getting rid of Nienstedt solves much of anything, but he really had no choice. We'll look at this development in greater detail in the coming days.
The Vatican said Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piche. They resigned under the code of canon law that allows bishops to resign before they retire because of illness or some other "grave" reason that makes them unfit for office.
Monday, June 15, 2015
The Archbishop resigns
The word just came out -- Archbishop Nienstedt is gone:
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Nienstadt's gone, one more round, Neinstadt's gone.
I'm thinking that if he really has a clear conscience, he needs to stay, and if he doesn't, he needs to accept a demotion and spend his days pointing prosecutors to the evidence. This really, really stinks.
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