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	Ex-Spokesman for Cardinal Law Takes Indianapolis Church Position By Lane Lambert Patriot Ledger September 21, 2011 http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/faith/x2137970528/Ex-spokesman-for-Cardinal-Law-takes-Indianapolis-church-position A spokesman for Cardinal Bernard Law when Cardinal Law was archbishop of Boston is back in the spotlight – in Indianapolis. The Rev. Christopher Coyne became the face of the Boston archdiocese at the height of the clergy sex abuse scandal in 2002 and 2003. He then faced angry parishioners when the archdiocese closed scores of parishes. Now he's been called from Massachusetts to be apostolic administrator for the Indianapolis archdiocese. He will fill the position temporarily – while the Vatican searches for a successor to Archbishop Daniel Buechlein, who retired this month due to failing health. The Rev. Coyne will oversee the operation of the archdiocese but will not be able to appoint new pastors or invite religious orders into the archdiocese. He will be able to make such decisions if it takes more than a year for Archbishop Buechlein to be replaced, however. The Rev. Coyne, 52, began his career as assistant pastor at St. Mary of the Hills in Milton from 1986 to 1989. He was Cardinal Law's cabinet secretary for communications from 2002 to 2005, and most recently was pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Westwood from 2006 to 2011.
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