Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital in Springfield to be renamed after sexual abuse claim against Catholic bishop

CHICOPEE (MA)
WWLP

June 24, 2020

By Lianne Zana

Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital in Springfield to be renamed after sexual abuse claim against Catholic bishop

Springfield, Mass. – A rehabilitation center will be renamed following a report of child sexual abuse by a Springfield Catholic Bishop, deemed ‘credible’ by the Springfield Diocese.

The Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Mercy Medical Center on 175 Carew Street, will be renamed after a newly released report from Retired Judge Peter Velis. The report contained an investigation involving sexual abuse by Springfield Catholic Bishop Christopher Weldon in the 1960s.

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