NEW JERSEY
New York Daily News
BY CAROL KURUVILLA / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2014
Mansions in heaven weren’t good enough for this archbishop.
Newark’s Archbishop John J. Myers is facing criticism for pricey plans to expand his retirement home.
Myers is planning to add a $500,000 addition to a Franklin Township house that the archdiocese purchased in 2002, the Star-Ledger reports.
The New Jersey leader has been using the 4,500-square-foot home as a weekend residence. It already has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, a three-car garage, an outdoor pool and 8.2 wooded acres.
But the 72-year-old archbishop, who insists on being called “Your Grace,” has big changes in mind for his home.
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