Minnesota bishop resigns at request of pope for covering up sexual abuse by clergy
Minnesota Bishop Michael Hoeppner has resigned at the request of the Pope, the Diocese of Crookston confirmed in a statement Tuesday morning, April 13. The Most Rev. Richard E. Pates, Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, will serve as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Crookston until a new bishop is designated. 5:07 pm, Apr. 13, 2021 ×
The investigation, which began in 2019, was the first time a U.S. bishop had been formally investigated under new rules implemented by the pope as the church aimed to standardize the protocol for investigating clergy sexual abuse.
Minnesota bishop resigns at request of pope for covering up sexual abuse by clergy
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The Payson council will have one of its own seated on the Rim Country Educational Alliance board.
On a 6 to 1 vote at the March 25 council meeting, the council placed Scott Nossek as its representative on the RCEA board. Councilor Jim Ferris voted against Nossek because he believes the council should have more say as to who it can vote onto the board.
The RCEA owns the 243-acre parcel of land across from the community college off of Highway 260. The RCEA was formed as a separate legal entity with the same rights as a government to buy and develop the land.
Faced with the threat of a lawsuit, during its March 25 meeting, the Payson Town Council decided to keep two town codes that seek to implement Propositions 401 and 402, passed by the voters in 2018.
The propositions require the council to put to a vote of the people any bond or contract debt that exceeds $1 million or when the town wants to sign a lease agreement of town property that lasts longer than three years. The question of whether the council can implement these laws, or if they lack the authority, has stirred a vigorous debate across two councils and several meetings.
The propositions first went to test last September when the council purchased two fire engines that totaled $1.4 million. At that time, the council decided the town code was null and void because the Arizona Constitution did not provide the legal permission to implement the laws.
In the shadow of yet another fire season in Payson, developers are racing to win approval to build homes without fire-hardened materials and design.
Payson sits in the middle of the worldâs largest ponderosa pine forest, but the Payson council hasnât adopted the fire-adapted building code already in place in Prescott and Flagstaff. Those fire codes donât add to the cost of a house, but make it far more likely a community will survive the close approach of a wildfire.
Now, after years spent in a building slump â the pipeline for new home construction is filling up. Already, more than 400 homes are slated for construction in the town limits, with another 825 to be annexed into the town from the Doll Baby Ranch southwest of town. If built, those homes would increase the housing stock by about 5%.
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