MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
[with video]
By Jean Hopfensperger Star Tribune JULY 10, 2015
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, in his first week at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, said Friday that his top priority during his temporary stay is to deal with issues of “the courts.”
Hebda, who has a law degree, said he is getting a crash course in the archdiocese’s legal issues — its bankruptcy and the wave of clergy abuse claims.
That’s not to mention other challenges facing the Twin Cities Catholic church, including the chancery’s internal investigation into reports of sexual misconduct by former Archbishop John Nienstedt.
“I certainly recognize there is a great of interest there, and it would be difficult for the archdiocese to move forward without really considering carefully how we might be able to give an accounting [publicly] of what’s been going on,’’ said Hebda during his first public interview.
Hebda said his temporary assignment in St. Paul, unlike his current position as coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Newark, N.J., hasn’t allowed for a gradual transition to the job.
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