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Episcopal inkblots: Does the Church need mental health screenings for bishops?

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JD Flynn
Dec 10, 2021
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“Does this look like a cope to you?” Inkblot. Credit: Shutterstock.

When priests gathered this week for the installation of a new bishop in northwestern Minnesota, some conversations turned to the last bishop to lead the region: Bishop Michael Hoeppner, who resigned earlier this year after a Vatican investigation into serious lapses of leadership.

Several…

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