As reported in the archdiocesan newspaper the Catholic Spirit, a review board has recommended that the Rev. Kevin McDonough should be barred from leadership roles in the archdiocese, and yet “he is considered fit for his current parish ministry assignment” as pastor of the Church of the Incarnation in Minneapolis — which is a leadership position. The archdiocese owes its people an explanation for this decision.

FRANK SCHWEIGERT, St. Paul

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So the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis found that former Vicar General Kevin McDonough “failed” to keep children safe within the church (“Church sex abuse watchdog ‘failed,’ ” June 4).

Regretfully, his failure wasn’t limited to youth sexually abused within the Catholic community. For years during the 1990s and 2000s, McDonough was the leading and most effective opponent at the Minnesota Legislature against passage of legislation that would allow adult survivors of child sexual abuse a “window” of time to seek justice in the courts and shine light on active perpetrators. That window didn’t pass the Legislature until 2013. The reverend failed all of our children, for decades.

EMBER REICHGOTT JUNGE, Minneapolis

The writer is a former Minnesota state senator and former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.