Archbishop Bernard Hebda said in a statement posted on the archdiocese’s website that the investigation targets Bishop Michael Hoeppner of the Crookston diocese.

At least 10 people were killed, two of them foreign nationals, in a wave of riots and xenophobic attacks that began in late August in Pretoria and spread to nearby Johannesburg.

The property has an appraised value of $8.4 million, according to the King County Department of Assessments.

The bishops are retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and now-deceased Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bishop Malone has faced questions about how he has handled allegations of abuse against diocesan priests for more than a year.

We must not fear losing priests because we ask the right questions of our bishops.