MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran Jul 10, 2015
Interim Archbishop Bernard Hebda plans to release an “accounting” of investigations into his predecessor, Archbishop John Nienstedt, and acknowledged that he doesn’t yet know how the Twin Cities archdiocese will plead to criminal charges tied to clergy sex abuse.
“I’m not exactly sure” how the archdiocese will plead to the misdemeanor charges for its role in failing to protect three sexual abuse victims of ex-priest Curtis Wehmeyer, Hebda, 55, told MPR News in a 10-minute interview Friday following his first weeks running the archdiocese.
Hebda said he would make the final call, ultimately. “Of course, we want to plead the truth,” he said, “and then also to be able to figure out what’s correct, and I need a little bit more time to do that.”
Asked if believed the archdiocese was guilty, he said, “I think that would be one of the things that would be decided by a court.”
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