NEW JERSEY
The Record
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
BY JEFF GREEN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Archbishop John J. Myers promoted his spokesman and a deacon on Wednesday to high-ranking administrative positions in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
Jim Goodness, director of communications for the archdiocese since 1999, confirmed Thursday that he and deacon John J. McKenna were made vice chancellors.
“This is a rare privilege,” Goodness said. “I will continue to serve the archdiocese and archbishop in increasingly responsible capacities.” The archdiocese serves more than 1 million Catholics in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties.
Goodness has been Myers’ main defender in a recent string of scandals involving priests accused of sexually abusing children.
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