Bishop Filling in for Archbishop Nienstedt Ministered in Lakeville

By Andrea Parrott
The Patch
December 17, 2013

http://lakeville.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/bishop-filling-in-for-archbishop-nienstedt-ministered-in-lakeville

Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piche will take care of all Archbishop John Nienstedt's public duties during an investigation into allegations that Nienstedt inappropriately touched a boy.

All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville. file photo

Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piche will take over the public duties of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who has been accused of inappropriately touching a boy in 2009, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Nienstedt denies the allegation and will voluntarily step aside from public ministry during the investigation.

Bishop Lee Piche was ordained as a priest in 1984, according to his biography from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. He has served at multiple churches, including All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville from the early 2000s to 2008. He also spent time teaching at the University of St. Thomas from 1994 to 1997.

In 2009, Archbishop Nienstedt ordained Bishop Piche was ordained as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.