Brooklyn Bishop to Retire After Vatican Clears Him of Child Sexual Abuse
The New York Times
The bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio, has led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn for 18 years. Robert Brennan, a Bronx native, will succeed him.
Pope Francis named a new bishop to lead the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn on Wednesday, ending the 18-year tenure of the current bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio, weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of two accusations of child sexual abuse dating to the 1970s.
The new bishop, Robert J. Brennan, will be the eighth man to lead the diocese, which encompasses 1.5 million Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens. He has served as bishop of the Columbus, Ohio, diocese since 2019. Before that, he held various roles in the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Long Island over 30 years.
Bishop Brennan, a 59-year-old Bronx native who was raised on Long Island, will be formally installed in the position on Nov. 30. On Wednesday Bishop DiMarzio, 77, described his successor’s appointment in generational terms.
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