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Vatican Clears Catholic Archbishop But Punishes Him Anyway

A Vatican investigation into alleged misconduct by former Archbishop John Nienstedt, 76, of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, USA, has cleared him of any canonical crime.

The result was announced on 5 January. "Accordingly, the allegations against Archbishop Nienstedt were found to be unfounded".

Archbishop Nienstedt belonged to the Catholic wing (appointed: 2008). He has always denied any wrongdoing. In 2015 he resigned amid allegations of mismanagement of homosexual abuse cases.

The main case involved a homosexual priest who abused three underage men and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Monsignor Nienstedt was also accused of personal misconduct. He is alleged to have asked two boys to undress in front of him in a hotel room at World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, in order to dry their wet clothes.

Prosecutors investigated Nienstedt and his archdiocese in 2015, but dropped all charges in 2016.

However, the archbishop is still being punished by the Vatican. The investigation claimed that there had been certain "imprudent" actions. As a result, Nienstedt cannot exercise any public ministry and cannot reside in his former archdiocese.

Nienstedt responded in a statement on 5 January that he had asked the Vatican "to clarify the 'imprudent' actions I allegedly committed while in Minnesota".

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The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced Friday that Archbishop John Nienstedt, its former archbishop, has been cleared of canonical criminal misconduct after an investigation — but that he has been banned from residing in his former archdiocesan province, or exercising public ministry outside of his current diocese of residence.
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There is only one way to be free of all these 'colorful individuals' in the Church': renounce anti-pope Jorge and his anti-papacy and all his anti-Christ's Church cronies! The Vatican has to be emptied of them, in every corner, to the burial grounds, to the seminarians, to the dioceses, convents. The 'infestation' can only be 'controlled' by a great schism, which is the ultimate 'pest control' …More
There is only one way to be free of all these 'colorful individuals' in the Church': renounce anti-pope Jorge and his anti-papacy and all his anti-Christ's Church cronies! The Vatican has to be emptied of them, in every corner, to the burial grounds, to the seminarians, to the dioceses, convents. The 'infestation' can only be 'controlled' by a great schism, which is the ultimate 'pest control' of the current tenants of the Vatican and appendices throughout the world. Catholics have had it with all of them who demand more than what they deserve!
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Nienstedt has always denied it, but he has been alleged to have been a notorious homosexual all the way back to when he studied in Rome. I believe such allegations were presented in court when he was being investigated by the police. They don’t constitute secular, or even canonical crimes, these days. Just being cleared of canonical crimes doesn’t mean he is “squeaky clean.”
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Hmmm 🤔🤨 where there is smoke…….
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