NEW JERSEY
Politicker NJ
By Matthew Arco | May 1st, 2013
CAMDEN – Controversy surrounding the state’s highest-ranking Catholic official spurred Gov. Chris Christie to blast his likely gubernatorial challenger as “irresponsible.”
The governor called reports about Newark’s archbishop allowing a priest who admitted groping a boy to continue working with children “disturbing,” but fell short of joining the call from several state lawmakers for Archbishop John Myers to resign.
“I will say this, leaders who make decisions purely based upon media accounts are irresponsible and they are grandstanding, and we don’t need more of that,” Christie said during a Camden news conference Wednesday.
Christie was asked whether he would join the ranks of multiple lawmakers – including his likely Democratic challenger, state Sen. Barbara Buono – who have called on Myers to step down. …
“All I know about this situation is what I’ve read in the paper and so that makes me very nervous,” he said. “Being written about in the paper all the time, I recognize that sometimes it’s accurate and sometimes it isn’t, sometimes it’s a complete story and sometimes it’s slanted by the people who write it to try to get a certain point across.”
The governor went on to say that what he’s read “is disturbing” and that he has “serious concerns,” but stopped short of joining Buono and others in calling for Myers to step down.
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