Minnesota, ya don't say….

The Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minn., has agreed to pay victims of past clerical sexual abuse $22.5 million and file for bankruptcy, making it the fifth of the state’s six Catholic dioceses to take such a step if the settlement is approved.

The agreement will settle claims made against more than 40 priests by about 70 plaintiffs, with the allegations dating back to the 1950s, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. While many of the accused priests have since died, at least one was still in active ministry in Elk River as recently as 2015, according to the newspaper.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/499772-minnesota-catholic-diocese-to-pay-225m-to-sexual-assault-victims

"Black" Pope is dead.

Adolfo Nicolás,….

THE Jesuit Leader.

CNA Staff, May 20, 2020 / 07:30 am MT (CNA).- Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus, died Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 84.

The Spanish priest led the Jesuits, the world’s largest men’s religious order, from 2008 to 2016.

In a condolence message May 20, his successor, Fr. Arturo Sosa, said that Nicolás’ time as Superior General was marked by “his sense of humor, his courage, his humility and his close relationship with Pope Francis,” the first Jesuit pope.

“All of us here at the Jesuit General Curia mourn him and a special Mass will be offered here in Rome as soon as we can organize it. Because of travel restrictions just now, I cannot travel to Japan for the funeral but I assure all his many friends there of my closeness, my compassion and my condolences,” he said.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/former-jesuit-superior-general-dies-in-tokyo-at-84-16934