IOWA
Quad-City Times
Deirdre Cox Baker dbaker@qctimes.com Apr 19, 2017
It was a chilly November day in 2006 when Martin Amos got the call from Rome to serve the Catholic Diocese of Davenport.
Two days before his appointment was announced, the diocese declared bankruptcy because of lawsuits filed in the priest sexual abuse scandal. Not only was Amos, 64, taking on a daunting challenge, but he was leaving the area of Cleveland, Ohio, where he had lived his entire life.
He pulled no punches when asked about his upcoming work in Davenport.
“I know I can’t wreck it; that’s a positive,” he said at the time, laughing.
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