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U.S. Church leaders welcome changes to canon law on sexual abuse

by | Jun 3, 2021 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

From the perspective of someone that doesn’t claim to be a canon law expert, but champions the importance that the Church root out sexual abuse, Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth considers the new canon law revisions the “most profound step so far.”

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At ‘farewell Mass,’ Bishop Hoeppner apologies for ‘failures’ in governing

by | Apr 16, 2021 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

He acknowledged his resignation and its general circumstances. “Pope Francis has asked for my resignation and has accepted it as I’ve given it,” he said. “It comes as a result of the investigation into reports that I at times failed to observe applicable norms when presented with allegations of sexual abuse involving clergy of this diocese. And so that resignation has been accepted, and Bishop Pates comes now.”

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As archdiocese’s safe environment deputy takes national AMBER Alert role, former St. Paul Police community affairs chief steps in

by | Jan 6, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Janell Rasmussen remembers a press conference held by Ramsey County Attorney John Choi several years ago. As the deputy director of the Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment, she stood on one side of Choi’s podium with other representatives of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to address clergy sexual abuse.

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