The former pastor of The Shrine of the Little Flower Church in Royal Oak has left his high-level position in a nearby state as a result of a scandal there.The Archbishop John Nienstedt, of St. Paul and Minneapolis and head of the church in Royal Oak from 1994-1996, along with Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piche stepped down after Minnesota prosecutors charged their archdiocese with having failed to protect children from unspeakable harm by a pedophile priest who was later convicted of molesting two boys.