Archbishop Nienstedt: 'I overlooked this'
MINNESOTA
Fox 9
[with video]
by Lindsey LaBelle
video report by Jonathan Choe
video report by Scott Wasserman
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) -
Archbishop John Nienstedt spoke at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Edina on Sunday regarding priest sexual misconduct and the failure to release those accused, admitting he "should have investigated it a lot more than [he] did."
The Parish published an online copy of his speech before it was read aloud on Sunday.
According to the Archdiocese, Our Lady of Grace Parish in Edina had invited Nienstedt to deliver a message of hope to highlight this Christmas season. However, a preview of the homily online reveals an apology, a plan to do more for victims and a hope to rebuild trust with Catholics.
SUNDAY HOMILY
The homily reads, in part:
"My dear friends, I suggest to you Saint Josephine as a patroness, an intercessor for the trials that we have been going through these past ten weeks here in the Archdiocese.
The negative news reports about past incidents of clerical sexual abuse in this local Church have rightly been met with shame, embarrassment and outrage that such heinous acts could be perpetrated by men who had taken priestly vows as well as bishops who failed to remove them from ministry.
Fox 9
[with video]
by Lindsey LaBelle
video report by Jonathan Choe
video report by Scott Wasserman
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) -
Archbishop John Nienstedt spoke at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Edina on Sunday regarding priest sexual misconduct and the failure to release those accused, admitting he "should have investigated it a lot more than [he] did."
The Parish published an online copy of his speech before it was read aloud on Sunday.
According to the Archdiocese, Our Lady of Grace Parish in Edina had invited Nienstedt to deliver a message of hope to highlight this Christmas season. However, a preview of the homily online reveals an apology, a plan to do more for victims and a hope to rebuild trust with Catholics.
SUNDAY HOMILY
The homily reads, in part:
"My dear friends, I suggest to you Saint Josephine as a patroness, an intercessor for the trials that we have been going through these past ten weeks here in the Archdiocese.
The negative news reports about past incidents of clerical sexual abuse in this local Church have rightly been met with shame, embarrassment and outrage that such heinous acts could be perpetrated by men who had taken priestly vows as well as bishops who failed to remove them from ministry.
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