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John McCormack, who was Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester from 1998 to 2011, has died. According to the diocese, McCormack died Tuesday at the Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Care Center. During his tenure, he oversaw hundreds of thousands of parishioners as the leader of all Catholics in New Hampshire. McCormack was a bishop when a 2002 Boston Globe article exposed widespread abuse of children by Catholic priests and church leaders that tended to cover up allegations. The coverage sparked legal action against the church and indicted priests in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and the United States. McCormack was previously a top advisor to Cardinal Bernard Law and was under pressure to resign over his dealings with sexually abusing priests in Boston. In 2002, under his leadership, the Diocese of Manchester became the first in the country to admit that it may have violated criminal law by failing to protect children from abusive priests. McCormack retired in 2011 when he reached the statutory retirement age of 75.
MANCHESTER, NH –
John McCormack, who was Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester from 1998 to 2011, has died. He was 86.
McCormack died at the Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Tuesday, according to the diocese.
During his tenure, he oversaw hundreds of thousands of parishioners as the leader of all Catholics in New Hampshire.
McCormack was a bishop when a 2002 Boston Globe article exposed widespread abuse of children by Catholic priests and church leaders that tended to cover up allegations. The coverage sparked legal action against the church and accused priests in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and the United States.
McCormack was previously a top advisor to Cardinal Bernard Law and was under pressure to resign over his dealings with sexually abusing priests in Boston.
He settled litigation involving more than 160 victims who were sexually abused by New Hampshire priests. In 2002, under his leadership, the Diocese of Manchester became the first in the country to admit that it may have violated criminal law by failing to protect children from abusive priests.
McCormack retired in 2011 when he reached the statutory retirement age of 75.
