{"id":280555,"date":"2024-03-11T08:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280555"},"modified":"2024-03-11T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:46:25","slug":"former-jamestown-priest-stripped-of-his-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280555","title":{"rendered":"Former Jamestown Priest Stripped Of His Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fargo\/WFZG &#8211; A former priest from the Diocese of Fargo has been stripped of his duties after a ruling from the pope on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came from the Diocese of Fargo and Pope Fransis, saying Neil Pfeifer, formerly a priest in Jamestown and the Diocese, is officially unable to exercise priestly ministry. This includes being able to celebrate Mass, hear confessions, or administer sacraments under Canon Law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pfeifer pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault in Sutsman County on July 13th, 2023. You can learn more about the case by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdayradionow.com\/news\/local-news\/66219-former-jamestown-priest-accepts-plea-deal-in-sexual-exploitation-case\">clicking here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Diocese of Fargo says any sacraments performed by Pfeifer in the past are still valid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fargo\/WFZG &#8211; A former priest from the Diocese of Fargo has been stripped of his duties after a ruling from the pope on Friday. The announcement came from the Diocese of Fargo and Pope Fransis, saying Neil Pfeifer, formerly a priest in Jamestown and the Diocese, is officially unable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":273859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280557,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280555\/revisions\/280557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/273859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}