A former vicar general of the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese who resigned early in the region’s three-year-plus clergy sexual abuse scandal, has now left the priesthood altogether. Peter Laird ...

Peter Laird, the former vicar general of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis during the controversial tenure of Archbishop John Nienstedt, has left the priesthood. Laird spent nearly 20 ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Thursday the Rev. Peter Laird has resigned as vicar general and moderator of the curia. In that role, he assisted the archbishop in t… ...

The Rev. Peter Laird on Tuesday was named the new vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Laird will succeed current vicar and moderator the Rev. P… ...

The second-in-charge at the archdiocese, Fr. Peter Laird, who was its vicar general and moderator of the Curia, resigned Thursday after the information from a St. Paul police report was released ...