Bishop Walker Nickless

Congress ‘allows God to settle in our hearts,’ priest tells attendees
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jul 23, 2019
Despite news reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would arrest several thousand immigrants in the country without documents July 13, attendance was not impacted at the charismatic congress sponsored by the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa.
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Iowa bishop calls King’s racist rhetoric ‘totally inappropriate’
- Church in the US
- Jan 16, 2019
Following an Iowa congressman’s remarks on white supremacy, Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa labeled them as “totally inappropriate.”
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Iowa bishop says diocese never tried to cover up abuse by former priest
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Nov 21, 2018
Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sioux City acknowledged the consternation and sadness of the faithful when details concerning the news of decades of sexual abuse of adolescents by a former diocesan priest surfaced in late October.
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Bishop vows to relocate accused priest away from Iowa school
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Nov 1, 2018
A bishop is vowing to relocate a priest who was quietly placed in an Iowa retirement home close to a Catholic school despite his history of sexually abusing boys.
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God’s love ‘real, profound’ and can change your life, speaker tells youth
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 22, 2018
Keynote speakers at an annual Rekindle event for teens in the Diocese of Sioux City emphasized God’s love to those in attendance, something that seems to be lost on today’s young people.
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Bishop praises ‘life-giving intent’ of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat bill
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- May 4, 2018
An Iowa bishop said that a bill banning abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat “affirms the life-giving intent” of the state’s pro-life efforts.
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