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County attorney: Grand jury not a likely option in archdiocese investigation

County attorney: Grand jury not a likely option in archdiocese investigation

Advocates for victims are calling for police search warrants and a grand jury investigation that could reveal potentially incriminating documents from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. But so far, there are no clear signs that St. Paul police and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi will use that approach.
by Laura Yuen

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At Sunday mass, Nienstedt apologizes, says he 'overlooked' clergy abuse

At Sunday mass, Nienstedt apologizes, says he 'overlooked' clergy abuse

Archbishop John Nienstedt has started addressing the clergy sex abuse scandal head on, telling parishioners and the media Sunday that he's sorry he overlooked issues of abuse among parish priests.
by Tom Scheck

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Nienstedt Sunday homily: Catholic bishops have failed

Nienstedt Sunday homily: Catholic bishops have failed

An advance copy of the archbishop's remarks was sent to clergy throughout the archdiocese. He plans to celebrate Mass at Our Lady of Grace parish in Edina Sunday.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minnetonka student owns a piece of pope's skullcap

Minnetonka student owns a piece of pope's skullcap

Katie Rich of Minnetonka, Minn., and Ethan Mack of Portland, Maine, were along the barricade for an audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday.
by The Associated Press

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Lawsuit filed against New Ulm diocese

The lawsuitalleges the diocese and the religious order were negligent in supervising the Rev. Francis Markey, who was in the diocese in 1984. The plaintiff claims Markey abused him when he was a boy at St. Andrew Parish.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Pope Francis is 'Time' magazine's Person Of The Year

Pope Francis is 'Time' magazine's Person Of The Year

Meanwhile, 'Time' says this year's runner-up is "NSA leaker" Edward Snowden. He tells the magazine, in an interview done from Russia via emails, that the National Security Agency "is surely not the Stasi" (East Germany's once-feared security service).

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Satanist statue donation for Oklahoma Capitol raises religious freedom questions

A constitutional law professor says the state could be on legally questionable ground if it rejects the New York-based Satanic Temple's request to put an homage to Satan near a Ten Commandments monument that's already at the Capitol.
by The Associated Press

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Mormon church explains past ban on black priests

The Mormon church has issued its most comprehensive explanation yet about its past exclusion of blacks from the priesthood.
by The Associated Press

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The list: Archdiocese names priests 'credibly accused' of sexual abuse

The list: Archdiocese names priests 'credibly accused' of sexual abuse

A detailed look at the priests named by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as clergy with credible accusations of child abuse against them.

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Archdiocese's list shows it kept secret seven priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children

Archdiocese's list shows it kept secret seven priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children

Archbishop John Nienstedt included the men in a list of 34 priests posted to an archdiocese website, 30 of whom had been credibly accused of child sexual abuse and publicly known. Nienstedt didn't say why he didn't report the allegations against the seven to police. Two of the seven men live in the Twin Cities.

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