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Pope appoints Bishop James Checchio to succeed Archbishop Aymond

New Orleans archdiocese faces $230M clergy abuse settlement

Aymond remains archbishop until bankruptcy and settlement conclude

Checchio previously led Metuchen Diocese during McCarrick fallout

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.

History’s first U.S. pope named Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, as the coadjutor bishop of New Orleans. The position puts Checchio in line to automatically succeed Aymond when he retires.

Checchio, 59, handled the fallout in Metuchen of the explosive 2018 sexual misconduct revelati

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