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I A 3 November 20, 2014

His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet
?Congregation for Bishops

Piazza Pio X11 1.0

00193 Rome, Italy

Your Eminence,

Thank you again for your kindness in receiving Bishop Andrew Cozzens and me in your
of?ces at the Congregation for Bishops on October 31?, and for taking time to discuss with us
the matter of the investigation and its possible resolution.

During the plenary assembly of the in Baltimore last week, Bishop Cozzens and I
had the opportunity to speak again with His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. He
received us very graciously, listened to our update and received from us a cepy of the same
con?dential summary whichl left with you on October 315?. He seemed open to and
supportive of our request for some kind of independent panel to receive the results of the
investigation and even suggested that the panel m1 include a suitably quali?ed lay person
along with two or three bishops.

Archbishop Vi gano later came back to me and asked for a correction of one point in my
summary. In the paragraph on page four that immediately precedes the heading, ?The second
phase of the investigation,? he corrected my interpretation of his instructions concerning
allegations pertaining to the period of time when Archbishop (then Father) Nienstedt was
serving at the Secretariat Archbishop V1 gano clari?ed that he did not at that time absolutely
rule out any further investigation but rather was concerned that we first begin to obtain
testimony from Archbishop Nienstedt and additional testimony in his defense before
undertaking any new phases in the investigation. I promised His Excellency that I would
inform you of this important emendation to my previous summary.

It is possible that we will be nearing the end of the investigation by the end of November or in
the first week or two of December Bishop Cozzens and have written to Archbishop Vigano
to inform him of this fact, and to ask whether we shall be able include in our announcement
about the investigation some mention of our handing over all the information to an
independent panel.

Respectfully yours in Christ,


Most Reverend Lee A. Pich?
Auxiliary Bishop

226 SummitAvenue Saint Paul. MN 55102?2197 T:65l.29l.452l 

 

Congregazione per i Vescovi

Da: Lee Pich? [lapiche58@gmail.com}
Inviato: venerdi 21 novembre 2014 04.48

A: Cong. per i Vescovi: U?icio Generate
Cc: Bp. Andrew Cozzens

Oggetto: Letter to Cardinal Oueliet

Dear Monsignor Powers,
During the plenary assembly of the USCCB last week, His Excellency Archbishop Vigano asked me to
make a correction to the memorandum that I left with His Eminence Cardinal Ouellet when Bishop Andrew

Cozzens and I met with him on October 3lst.

I am attaching a letter to His Eminence in which I explain the correction to my summary. The same letter
will be posted tomorrow morning by ?snail mail? (air mail).

If the Cardinal would like me to send a copy of the emended memorandum, I would be happy to do so.
Rather than mail another copy of the seven?page document, it seemed suf?cient to send instead this
correction in a one?page letter. Please let me know if I should send a new copy of the memo.

Thank you again for all your valuable assistance in our communication with His Eminence.

Fraternally yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Lee A. Pich?