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Bishop Raymond Chappetto, the retired vicar general of the Brooklyn diocese, is being investigated by the Vatican on charges that he put young people at risk, by failing to inform a pastor that a newly appointed priest should be restricted from contact with young women.
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Bishop Raymond Chappetto, who retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn March 7, 2022. / Courtesy of DeSales MediaNew York City, N.Y., Mar 7, 2022 / 11:13 am (CNA).The resignation of Bishop Raymond Francis Chappetto as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn was accepted Monday by Pope Francis. "It has been an honor and a privilege for me to serve for 51 years as a priest, 10 of those years as a Bishop, for the great Diocese of Brooklyn. I am grateful to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and to Bishops DiMarzio and Brennan, for their support of my ministry," Bishop Chappetto, said in a Mar. 7 statem...
The Tablet January 19, 2021 Father Alonzo Cox (right), who led the prayer service, said that while African-Americans had not yet reached the promised land of racial justice as King had predicted, “We will get there.” (Photos: Paula Katinas) BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Maria Stange has vivid memories of the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. She was only eight years old at the time, but April 4, 1968, is burned into her brain. “It was incredible. People who didn’t even know each other were hugging each other on the street. That’s how emotional everybody felt,” she said....