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John Nienstedt

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Judge reprimands priest convicted of crime for having consensual sex with adult woman

    ​Catholic priests' penchant for engaging in sexual relations with young boys has landed the church in hot water repeatedly in recent years.Priest Christopher Wenthe's case is a little different. In November, Wenthe, 47, was convicted of one count of third-degree criminal sexual assault for having ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Twin Cities Archbishop: Same-sex marriage ban not debatable

    ​The Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul supports banning same-sex marriage, and he wants Twin Cities clergy to avoid publicly discussing the issue. In a letter addressed to priests and deacons of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Archbishop John C. Nienstedt writes that "in the movement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Archbishop John Nienstedt sends letter opposing free contraceptives law

    ​In a letter made public yesterday, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, including Archbishop John Nienstedt, voiced opposition to the new federal health care mandate requiring insurance companies to cover birth control free of charge. "While we support providing access to those services which can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    John Hugh Gilmore, Minnesota Conservatives blogger, arrested for harassing Muslim women [VIDEO]

    Andrew Breitbart did not swoop in to save Minnesotan blogger John Hugh Gilmore from a little jail time.​After two women in traditional Muslim headscarves were harassed by a man taking their picture and demanding to know why they were in his country, a legion of helpful bystanders stepped in to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Sen. David Hann calls Archbishop Nienstedt a socialist for caring about the poor

    ​Eden Prairie GOP Sen. David Hann is on a tear because Archbishop John Nienstedt is following Catholic social teaching and sticking up for poor people. In a vitriolic letter, he's accusing Nienstedt of endorsing "the socialist fiction that it is a moral necessity to take the property of the ' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition

    Steve CohenThe block party gets sucked into the marriage debate.​We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising places. Like this year's Basi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Minnesota Family Council spending $4.7M to ban gay marriage

    Ignite! Apparently banning gay marriage is sort of like starting a fire.​The Minnesota Family Council is trying to raise $4.7 million for its effort to pass an amendment to the state's constitution banning gay marriage. In a brochure emblazoned with fiery images [see it here], the conservative g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    3,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs returned to Archbishop Nienstedt

    Merry Christmas, Archbishop.​Archbishop John Nienstedt will get an early Christmas present today in the form of 3,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs, some of the 400,000 he ordered sent to his flock in September. A protest group called ReturnTheDVD planned to deliver the disks, along with handwritte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Constitutional ban on gay marriage hits the fast track

    Unemployment? Foreclosures? Massive budget deficit? Take a number.​Remember how Republicans kept telling us this election was supposed to be all about jobs, jobs, tax breaks and more jobs? The crappy economy gave conservative Christians cover from having to talk too much about over-sharing the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    John Nienstedt denies communion to gays again

    Politics for me, but not for thee.​More anti-gay activity from Archbishop John Nienstedt: He has denied communion to gay and lesbian student activists at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict. He presided over a Mass they attended Sunday night, Sept. 26, at the Catholic campus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    John Nienstedt's anti-gay marriage crusade draws another protest

    John Nienstedt: Protest comes to the archbishop.​Two projects have now sprung up to slap "Return to Sender" on Archbishop John Nienstedt's mass mailing of 400,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs to Catholics in the Twin Cities. ReturnTheDVD.org launched on Monday, after Lucinda Naylor set up DVD to Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Lucinda Naylor suspended by Basilica for anti-gay DVD protest

    Photo: blmurchLucinda Naylor's voice of dissent has been silenced by the Basilica of St. Mary.​Lucinda Naylor lost her Basilica of St. Mary Artist in Residence position on Sunday, and with it about a third of her income. Her offense: Speaking out against her archbishop's plan to distribute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Archbishop John Nienstedt's anti-gay DVD becomes art fodder

    Photo: midimanWhat would Jesus do?​Minnesota Archbishop John Nienstedt is helming the mailing of 400,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs to Catholic households this week. If you don't know what to do with yours, maybe you should forward it to Lucinda Naylor, who wants to assemble the discs into an ar ... More >>

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    Archbishop Homophobe

    Local Catholics protest John Nienstedt article declaring gayness a "grave evil"

  • News

    October 3, 2007

    Unforgiven

    The diocese of New Ulm knew Father David Roney was a pedophile when it sent him to live among orphan schoolchildren in Guatemala

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2007

    Also, Liza sings like an angel!

    The diocese of New Ulm knew Father David Roney was a pedophile when it sent him to live among orphan schoolchildren in Guatemala

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    New archbishop is a great organizer and planner!

    The diocese of New Ulm knew Father David Roney was a pedophile when it sent him to live among orphan schoolchildren in Guatemala

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