NEW JERSEY
CBS New York
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The archbishop of Newark has appointed a new top deputy to replace the administrator who stepped down last month in the wake of a scandal involving a former priest.
The Rev. Edgar M. da Cunha was named Thursday to the post of vicar general in the archdiocese, home to 1.3 million Catholics.
Da Cunha is the country’s first Brazilian-born bishop and has served in the archdiocese since the 1980s.
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