NEW MEXICO
KOAT
[with video]
By Regina Ruiz
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —After almost 20 years the leadership of the New Mexico Catholic Church is about to leave.
Archbishop Michael Sheehan came in at a difficult time and is now at the age where he must retire.
“I am constantly moving from place to place,” said Sheehan.
For more than two decades, Sheehan has been on the move in the Santa Fe Diocese.
“(I’ve had) God’s help and the help of some real good staff people,” he said.
He inherited a diocese rocked with scandal. The former archbishop resigned amidst a sex scandal with several women. There were also a large number of sexual abuse cases involving priests with children.
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