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Pray for Archbishop Nienstedt July 9, 2014

The Archdiocese of Minneapolis is one of the most thoroughgoing progressive dioceses in the country.  For several years, the not nearly so progressive Archbishop John C. Nienstedt has been ordinary there.  He has earned numerous enemies for his strong (compared to many other bishops) defense of marriage, his attempts to curtail the influence of the numerous “homosexual” priests and religious in the archdiocese, and generally taking a firmer stand with regard to many moral issues than the progressive katholyc denizens of that locale would prefer.

He’s had a huge target on his back. Late last year, some patently false allegations were posited about feeling up a nine year old boy in a group photo taken after the boy’s First Communion.  At the time, I said: “this reeks of a set up.  Even someone totally lost in sin would have to be pretty stupid or pretty high to try to grope a kid at a public event like is being claimed here.  It seems most likely to me that this is, at best, someone making a radically abusive interpretation of an accidental movement, or at worst an open play to crush another conservative-ish bishop. As happened with Bishop Finn in Kansas City.”

Several months ago, Nienstedt was cleared on this First Communion allegation.  But that has not stopped his enemies from attempting to drive this most inconvenient prelate from their midst.  There are now supposedly more allegations, which have been made as part of an ongoing investigation of how Nienstedt and the Archdiocese dealt with some alleged and convicted boy-abusing priests.  The former top canon lawyer of the Archdiocese has added her voice to the fray, claiming she resigned in April 2013 because Nienstedt was not doing enough to drive the priests from ministry.  But she has a serious note of sour grapes surrounding not just her concerns over handling abuse, but also the Archbishop’s strong stand on moral matters and how he dealt with various personalities (including, one would assume, her own).

I’ll excerpt the article below just to provide some background on some of the key figures involved (there are also others not quoted below, who are playing a big role in this mess and who are long time enemies of Archbishop Nienstedt.  I will say unequivocally that there is a cabal in Minneapolis that is dedicated to destroying him at all costs) and to show how much of the secular and progressive katholyc media is spinning this story, pushing the bounds of libel in strongly implying Nienstedt guilty of something, anything, that will rid them of this meddlesom prelate:

ARTICLE STARTS BELOW. Format fixed.  Whatever format that dumb “mintnews” site uses is the most toxic I’ve ever come across.

[First, I want to lambast the title of this article: “Anti-Gay Archbishop Investigated for Sexual Misconduct with Men”  “Anti-Gay……” so many lies in those 8 characters!]

Nienstedt has denied the allegations, saying they are “a personal attack against me due to my unwavering stance on issues consistent with church teaching, such as opposition to so-called same-sex marriage.” [Look, I am not someone who doubts there are many sodomite priests and bishops. I know there are many.  The above is only part of Nienstedt’s denial.  He is vociferous in proclaiming his innocence.  That, and some other factors, lead me to strongly doubt these latest allegations.  I think everything possible is being thrown at him in order to destroy – in total or in effect – his effectiveness as a bishop. But I find so much of this dubious.  There are probably at least 80-100 bishops about whom such allegations could be made, whose evidence of sodomy is way out in the open, who are almost proud of their role in flaunting the moral law (I’m looking at you Tampa Bay Bishop Lynch).  This guy is only being attacked because he is relatively orthodox.  There is also the matter that the news coverage last week when this broke appeared highly coordinated – dozens of articles appearing within minutes containing virtually verbatim coverage.  This smells like an Alinskyite frame job, and there are many Alinskyites in Minneapolis]   He couldn’t fully explain some of the allegations, but he claims that in at least one instance, the accusations of improper touching concerned a person’s neck — not genitals….

…..Given that priests have historically stepped down while they were being investigated, [no, some have, some haven’t]  some priests such as the Rev. Mike Tegeder, [an extreme leftist, heretic, pro-sodomite and inveterate enemy of +Nienstedt and the entire Church]  pastor of the St. Frances Cabrini Church in Minneapolis, has questioned why Nienstedt has not been asked to step down or opted to do so, like he did during the first investigation. [Who would ask him, Pope Francis? To who else is he accountable?]

“People are just tired and discouraged,’’ Tegeder said. “If he would step down, it would be the most healing thing he could do.’’ [No, it would rid you of an ordinary you despise.  Every interview I have seen on this matter, of priests and others in Minneapolis, has always, in every case, been a progressive enemy of Nienstedt. That also points at a political attack job.  Maybe the people are tired and discouraged because they have lousy, leftist priests?]

[Get this abysmal closing paragraph:] The number [of sodomite priests] was reportedly higher among younger priests, [oh, I believe its incredibly high among priests ordained from ~1980-2000, because that was all the sodomite cabal in charge of almost every seminary, especially in leftist locales like Minneapolis, would ALLOW to be ordained!  So, it that’s what you mean by “young,” OK] possibly because Pope Francis has been much more welcoming to gay people, saying that “if someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge” — a departure from Pope Benedict XVI’s order that men with strong gay tendencies not become priests. [Wow, that Pope Francis, he never ceases working wonders!  Even though seminary generally takes 7 years, already there are scads of young sodomite priests as a result of his 16 month pontificate!  Amazing!]

Rucke – Catholic hater?

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I asked the author, KATIE RUCKE, with regard to the title of her article, why she was such a raging anti-Catholic bigot?

I do that because I think it time we push back against the blithe cultural assertion of many progressives that to believe what essentially everyone believed 10-15 years ago is now to be “anti-gay.”

Archbishop Nienstedt may be guilty, but I doubt it. I don’t think Bishop Finn was really guilty, either.  I am 99.5% certain that these allegations are nothing more than an attempt to destroy a bishop that greatly annoys the Minnesota left.  I do not get the sense that Nienstedt is a sodomite.

And this is just one small forewarning of how the sodomite lobby will behave towards its enemies when its ascendancy is complete.

In any case, he needs many prayers.  As do his enemies, whose conversion is vital.

So do we all, for when the persecution really gets started.

I decided to cover this, because I have seen virtually no coverage among orthodox/faithful Catholic blogs – that I read, anyway.