"I am a heterosexual man who has been celibate my entire life," the
former Twin Cities archbishop said in an e-mail, asserting that he did
nothing improper. Former Twin Cities
Archbishop John Nienstedt said Thursday he is “relieved” that the public
now is aware of the fate of an investigation into alleged sexual
improprieties by him.
A day
after a 2014 memo from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was
made public stating that a Vatican emissary quashed the investigation,
Nienstedt repeated that he has done nothing improper, despite
allegations of misconduct revealed in documents released Wednesday by
the Ramsey County attorney’s office.