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Nienstedt arrival angers some members of Michigan diocese
Archbishop John C. Nienstedt talks about the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis consolidation plan, which includes closing 21 churches, at his office in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, Oct. 18, 2010....
View ArticlePohlad company bids on archdiocese chancery property
Two more for-sale properties of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have bidders, including a development company owned by the Pohlad family, which has a history of supporting local Catholic...
View ArticleBankruptcy judge OKs St. Paul chancery bid process, settlement agreement
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a proposed property sale and a landmark settlement agreement submitted by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The archdiocese sought the court’s...
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Famous birthdays Feb. 16; Prince’s school newspaper gets the scoop
Minneapolis 12th-grader Prince Nelson urged other aspiring musicians to take guitar lessons and don’t ignore the fundamentals, in an interview published in his school newspaper on this day in 1976. “I...
View ArticleFridley priest on leave amid Edina police investigation
A Fridley priest is on leave pending the outcome of a police investigation in Edina, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Friday. According to a statement from the archdiocese, the Rev....
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Nienstedt arrival angers some members of Michigan diocese
Archbishop John C. Nienstedt talks about the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis consolidation plan, which includes closing 21 churches, at his office in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. (AP...
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Franciscan Friars covered for predatory monk with Minnesota ties, charges say
They knew he’d been accused of child molestation but let a predatory monk, who had worked at an Inver Grove Heights church, stay at a Pennsylvania school anyway, according to charges filed Tuesday...
View ArticleFranciscan friars arraigned in case with Twin Cities ties
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — Three Franciscan friars charged with allowing a suspected sexual predator to hold jobs where he molested more than 100 children surrendered Friday in Pennsylvania, where they were...
View ArticleTwin Cities archdiocese’s interim leader gets the job
Archbishop Bernard Hebda had been taking “copious notes” on things he liked in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that he planned to bring back to New Jersey after he fulfilled what was...
View ArticleNonprofit group hopes to bid for St. Paul archdiocese chancery
A nonprofit group hoping to bid for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis chancery building is asking the federal bankruptcy court to halt approval of a previous bid. The group, calling itself...
View Article3 Diocese of New Ulm priests newly accused in abuse lawsuit
NEW ULM, Minn. — Three new priests from the Diocese of New Ulm with ties to Mankato-area parishes have been named in sexual abuse lawsuits. The Rev. Bernard Steiner, Richard Gross and Edward Ardolf...
View ArticleFormer Minnesota priest deported to India is subject of abuse lawsuit
A Catholic priest who was deported to his native India after completing his jail sentence in Minnesota for sexually abusing a child is the subject of a new lawsuit against a diocese in India that...
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‘I’m all in,’ says new leader of beleaguered Twin Cities archdiocese
Bernard A. Hebda adjusts his mitre as he enters the Cathedral of Saint Paul for his installation ceremony as the ninth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on Friday, May 13,...
View ArticleTwin Cities archdiocese sitting on $1.7 billion, creditor says
Attorneys on Tuesday accused the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis of sheltering more than $1 billion in assets to avoid big payouts to abuse survivors as part of the church’s bankruptcy case....
View ArticleSt. Paul archdiocese bankruptcy plan: at least $65M to creditors
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Thursday filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would set up a trust fund of more than $65 million to compensate some 440 clergy abuse victims plus...
View ArticleSt. Cloud diocese says 74 clergy abuse claims have been filed against it
The Diocese of St. Cloud says 74 claims of sexual abuse of minors have been made against it and none of the claims involve anyone currently in parish ministry. A three-year window that lifted the...
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Winona monsignor resigns after report of sexual relationship with student, 18
Monsignor Richard Colletti (Courtesy photo) The second-highest ranking official at the Catholic Diocese of Winona has resigned following reports of sexual misconduct that date back three decades. The...
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Ruben Rosario: Well done, good and faithful servant
Father Michael TegederCourtesy of St. Frances Cabrini Church I invited him to meet face-to-face over coffee at some point. He preferred green tea. Then, in a recent chat over the phone, Mike Tegeder...
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‘We failed,’ archdiocese says, admitting it mishandled child sex-abuse claims
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis publicly confessed wrongdoing for the way it handled the sexual-abuse allegations of three boys. “Today, I, as the leader of this archdiocese, stand before...
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Vatican ambassador sought to bury Nienstedt misconduct, documents say
From the outset, Daniel Griffith assured the investigators the church didn’t want “a white-wash or a witch hunt,” but the unvarnished truth. One priest had already been convicted of sexual abuse. John...
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