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By Laura Hutchinson, 22News I-Team Reporter
Published: August 6, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Next week the western Massachusetts Catholic community will officially welcome their new Bishop.
22News spoke with Bishop Mitchell Rozanski Wednesday about how he’s getting settled and what he plans to do here.
The announcement was made in June and he’s made sporadic appearances since then but, next week Bishop Mitchell Rozanski will officially be installed into the Diocese of Springfield to replace Timothy McDonnell who retired.
“I’m glad to be here, it’s wonderful to be settled in,” Rozanski said. …
Bishop Rozanski acknowledges the Catholic Church has had its challenges from sex abuse scandals and the cover-ups that followed although he says he’s never been a part of it.
“No, no when I was both a priest and Bishop in Baltimore, we had a very proactive archbishop, series of Archbishops in terms of abuse.”
He says he’s learned from some of the best and knows how he’d handle a crisis. Although right now, he’s focused on getting settled in and meeting his neighbors.
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