Bishop Checchio is an odd choice given his likely involved in the cover-up of McCarrick’s sexual abuse.
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse amid an ongoing bankruptcy process.
Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, was immediately confronted with the scandal and his soon-to-be predecessor’s record, at a news conference announcing his appointment. As coadjutor bishop of New Orleans, Checchio is in line to automatically succeed Aymond when he retires.
Aymond, 75, had resisted calls to resign over the church’s failures in New Orleans, which triggered a sweeping FBI investigation, a Louisiana State Police inquiry into New Orleans church leaders and a cascading crisis for the Catholic Church. An AP investigation earlier this year revealed that the archdiocese had sought help from New Orleans Saints executives to help behind the scenes with damage control.
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