MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 10/28/2013
The archdiocese official in charge of handling clergy sexual misconduct issues has invited priests to a Wednesday briefing on how the matter is being handled.
Rev. Reginald Whitt also told fellow clerics in an Oct. 21 letter that he wanted to offer clarification about his role as the new Episcopal vicar for ministerial standards and that of the new lay task force whose members he chose.
Because “serious allegations” have surfaced over the last several weeks concerning certain priests and the handling of their cases, Whitt wrote, clergy would have an opportunity to be briefed and ask questions at Wednesday’s “clergy study day.”
Laurie Wohlers, an administrative assistant at the archdiocese, said in an Oct. 22 email to priests that Archbishop John Nienstedt would speak about the “current crisis” at the session. Later that day, she said, auxiliary Bishop Lee Piche would address the meeting.
Whitt said he would not attend. He teaches at St. Thomas that day, an archdiocese spokesman said.
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