NEW JERSEY
News 12
NEWARK – Pope Francis has named a new bishop to help out, and eventually take over, for the archbishop in New Jersey’s largest city.
Bishop Bernard Hebda, from a diocese in Michigan, was named the coadjutor archbishop Tuesday. He will serve alongside 72-year-old Archbishop John Myers until he retires in mid-2016.
Myers has denied the appointment was made in response to the recent controversies surrounding the Rev. Michael Fugee, who was accused of sexual abuse.
Fugee has confessed to assaulting a boy, but returned to his post with an agreement that he be kept from unsupervised contact with minors. Authorities say he became part of a youth group despite this arrangement.
Fugee has since resigned and was arrested.
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