Pages

22 July 2016

Memo: Vatican nuncio quashed sexual misconduct inquiry of Archbishop Nienstedt

The Vatican envoy to the United States quashed an investigation into alleged homosexual activity on the part of Archbishop John Nienstedt and ordered a piece of evidence destroyed, according to an 11-page memo unsealed Wednesday afternoon.
In the memo, Fr. Dan Griffith, then-Delegate for Safe Environment for the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese, stated that in April 2014 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., ordered two auxiliary bishops to have a St. Paul law firm quickly wrap its investigation and later that month instructed them to destroy a letter they had sent Vigano pushing back on his request.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/memo-vatican-nuncio-quashed-sexual-misconduct-inquiry-archbishop-nienstedt