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Victims’ lawyer says documents show Vatican cover-up in priest sex-abuse case

July 20, 2016 By Bill Werner

Victims’ attorney Jeff Anderson says legal documents released today show a “good old-fashioned cover-up” going all the way to the Vatican, involving child sex abuse by former priest Curtis Wehmeyer — and former Archbishop John Nienstedt’s role in that case.  Anderson says, “Here we see evidence that what the Vatican did is order the investigators, privately retained to investigate the archbishop [Nienstedt], to stop the investigation and to destroy the documents.”  Anderson says there’s evidence that former Archbishop Nienstedt had a history of sexual interest not only in Wehmeyer but other priests and seminarians as well. He’s calling on Pope Francis to remove Nienstedt from the priesthood.

 

 

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