John Brendan McCormack

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John Brendan McCormack (born August 12, 1935 in Winthrop ) is Old Bishop of Manchester .

Life

Early life and education

John McCormack was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts on August 12, 1935. Raised in Cambridge , he attended Boston College High School and St. John's Seminary .

Ordination and Service

McCormack was ordained a priest on February 2, 1960 by Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Richard James Cushing and then served as an assistant chaplain in the St. James Ward in Salem .

From 1967 to 1981 he was the executive director of the North Shore Catholic Charities Center in Peabody, Massachusetts. During this time he also completed his postgraduate studies at Boston College , from where he received a Masters in Social Work in 1969. In 1981 he was appointed pastor of the Immaculate Conception congregation in Malden .

In 1984 he became secretary to ministerial staff in the Archdiocese of Boston . In that position, McCormack was the person in charge of Cardinal Bernard Francis Law , taking complaints from priests accused of sexual misconduct and removing some of them from active service. He became pastor of St. Francis Xavier's parish in Weymouth in 1994.

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts

On November 21, 1995, McCormack was named auxiliary bishop of Boston and titular bishop of Cerbali by Pope John Paul II . He received his episcopal ordination the following December 27th by Cardinal Law, with Cardinal William Wakefield Baum and Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes as co- consecrators . He chose his episcopal motto : "Christ in all things" (translated, original: "Christ in all things").

As an assistant he was regional bishop for the southern region of the archdiocese .

Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire

McCormack became the ninth Bishop of Manchester , New Hampshire on July 21, 1998 , succeeding the late Leo O'Neil . He was enthroned on September 22, 1998 .

In early 2002, McCormack publicly announced the names of 14 priests in the diocese who had been accused of sexually abusing children. In 2003, the diocese reached an agreement with the New Hampshire Attorney General to investigate the child abuse scandal . The agreement saved the diocese from criminal prosecution. Overall, the diocese agreed to a $ 15.5 million settlement in 2002–03 that included 176 cases of sexual abuse.

The May 2003 settlement of 61 $ 6.5 million abuse complaints handled by Manchester Attorney Ovide M. Lamontagne as the Council of the Diocese of Manchester prevented the diocese from being prosecuted . In December 2002, the diocese admitted that failure to protect children from sexual abuse was a violation of criminal law, making it the first diocese in the United States to admit it. On threats of indictment by the New Hampshire Attorney General , McCormack signed an agreement recognizing that the attorney general had evidence sufficient to win convictions as part of the settlement.

Lamontagne claimed that McCormack and other prominent church members wanted a quick fix and, in one example, that they should behave "pastorally" rather than litigiously, instructed their lawyers to adopt a moderate stance and avoid harsh legal tactics. Lamontagne said of the diocese's legal strategy: "This is not typical for customer inquiries." (Translated)

retirement

On August 10, 2010, Bishop McCormack submitted his resignation as Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester to Pope Benedict XVI in accordance with canon law . a. His resignation was accepted on Monday, September 19, 2011, when Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Auxiliary Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci of the Diocese of Rockville Center , New York, to succeed him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pam Belluck: New Hampshire Diocese Names 14 Priests Accused of Abuse . In: The New York Times . February 16, 2002, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 2, 2018]).
  2. ^ Retired Bishop, Diocese of Manchester. October 5, 2016, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  3. ^ Bishop Accountability. Retrieved May 2, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Diocese of Manchester -. March 6, 2016, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  5. ^ Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church / Investigations and lawsuits. Retrieved May 2, 2018 .
  6. ^ Pope Names New Bishop Of Manchester, New Hampshire; Accepts Resignation Of Bishop McCormack. September 24, 2011, accessed May 2, 2018 .
predecessor Office successor
Leo Edward O'Neil Bishop of Manchester
1998–2011 		Peter Anthony Libasci
personal data
SURNAME McCormack, John Brendan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCormack, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, bishop emeritus of Manchester
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Winthrop