DELAWARE
Hockessin Community News

Michael D. Connelly, retired commander of the Delaware State Police Criminal Investigation Division, will become the coordinator of the Diocese of Wilmington’s Office of Safe Environments.

Connelly spent 20 years as a Delaware state trooper and managed 35 detectives at the time of his retirement in 1998. He also served as director of security for a retail center and performed investigative and security services for government, business and residential customers.

The Office of Safe Environments for the Diocese of Wilmington is responsible for the continuing implementation of the For the Sake of God’s Children program, which focuses on the developing and maintaining safe environments for children and young people in Catholic parishes, schools and youth ministries in Delaware and Maryland’s eastern shore.