"Kruse says that though he claims his Catholic identity, being associated with the institutional church has been a challenge among his peers, especially in the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese, where the sex abuse crisis and fervent campaigning against marriage equality by former Archbishop John Nienstedt “cut deep wounds” and “triggered pain and disgust” among many Catholics."

Nienstedt was a train wreck for that archdiocese.  Unfortunately, the new AB has made only excuses for his predecessor.