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

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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Pope Francis asks for, accepts Bishop Hoeppner’s resignation following investigation overseen by Archbishop Hebda

Statements from the Diocese of Crookston and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis indicate that the resignation was requested by Pope Francis and that it “arose from reports that (Bishop Hoeppner) had at times failed to observe applicable norms when presented with allegations of sexual abuse involving clergy of the Diocese of Crookston.”

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