(Craig Lassig/Associated Press)VATICAN CITY — A prominent U.S. archbishop is asking the Vatican for answers about the status of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by his predecessor, who was forced to resign in 2015. St. Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda wrote a remarkable letter to his flock Friday in which he revealed he sent the Vatican in 2016 a new allegation of improprieties with minors against retired Archbishop John Nienstedt. Hebda said Nienstedt “then proceeded to undress in front of them and invited them to do the same.” He noted that Nienstedt denied the allegation. He denied misconduct, and the archdiocese hired two law firms to investigate those claims in 2014, but the results were never made public. “The matter remains unresolved for the accusers, for Archbishop Nienstedt and for the public,” he said.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2018 18:58 UTC