Posted Tuesday, July 1, 2003 at 10:43 a.m. CST

NCR coverage of the Boston appointment Following is the story that NCR Rome correspondent John L. Allen Jr. broke early morning June 30.     Pope to name Palm Beach's O'Malley as new archbishop of Boston Reactions to the Appointment These two stories appeared on the NCR Web site the afternoon of June 30.     O'Malley appointment well received in Boston; 'new tone' expected     In Palm Beach, mixed reactions; Diocese's fourth bishop in five years The making of a world exclusive NCR publisher Tom Fox explains how Allen broke the story Bishop O'Malley's appointment in the daily Web column.     Today's Take by Tom Fox On Palm Beach and Bishop O'Malley In March, NCR profiled the Palm Beach diocese. Read those stories by following these links:     Scandal’s fallout still settling in Palm Beach     New bishop faces old problem On Boston archdiocese NCR did a retrospective of the Boston archdiocese on June 20. Read the story by following this link:     Meltdown in Boston

O'Malley officially named to Boston archdiocese

By NCR Staff

Pope John Paul II named Bishop Sean Patrick O'Malley of Palm Beach, Fla., to lead the Boston archdiocese today. The appointment was announced this morning in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

NCR's Rome correspondent John L. Allen Jr. broke the story early morning June 30. See links to that story at right.

Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito, 53, of Ogdensburg, N.Y. will succeed O'Malley in Palm Beach.

At a televised press conference from Boston's chancery building this morning, O'Malley said, "I feel acutely aware of my own deficiencies in the face of the task at hand and I ask for everyone's prayers and collaboration as I embark on this ministry." Boston television channel WCVB had streamming video of the conference on its Web site this morning. To see the report, click here.

"The devastating effects of sexual exploitation of minors by members of the clergy have wounded us all, beginning with the victims themselves and their families, who suffered the poisonous aftermath of abuse. The entire church feels the pain of this scandal and longs for relief for the families and the communities that have been so shaken by these sad events and by the mishandling of these situations on the part of the church's officials," O'Malley said.

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National Catholic Reporter, July 1, 2003