NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger
By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger
on June 07, 2013
Two weeks after forcing out his top deputy to quell a lingering scandal, Newark Archbishop John J. Myers announced a replacement Thursday, promoting the country’s first Brazilian-born bishop to the post of vicar general.
The Most Rev. Edgar M. da Cunha, an auxiliary bishop and regional bishop for Essex County since 2003, will serve as Myers’ second-in-command in the archdiocese, home to 1.3 million Roman Catholics in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties. da Cunha, 59, has served in the archdiocese for more than three decades.
He replaces Monsignor John Doran, who resigned under pressure from Myers late last month. The archbishop cited “operational failures” and breaches of protocol in Doran’s supervision of the Rev. Michael Fugee, who attended youth retreats and heard confessions from minors in violation of a lifetime ban on ministry to children.
In a statement Thursday, Myers made no reference to the scandal, which has spawned calls for his resignation from elected leaders, rank-and-file Catholics and advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse.
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