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Hehir, who has been a vocal critic of the Catholic Church’s attitude toward priests accused of sexual abuse, arrives at a time when the church is seeking closure to the revelations.
“Of course the scandal has challenged us to keep our fundraising levels up, and that still remains something that the board and administration of Catholic Charities has to work on,” Finnegan said.
Hehir, a 1977 graduate of HDS, won a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” for his role in writing the 1983 Catholic Bishops Statement on Nuclear Weapons, which advocated eventual nuclear disarmament.
“Catholic Charities USA doesn’t actually operate any agencies,” Bane said. “Priests don’t think about upward mobility as a goal in life, but [Boston Catholic Charities] is a much bigger operation in terms of budget.?...
Because of commitments to the Catholic Diocese, Hehir refused to accept the title of “dean” and instead preferred “chair of the executive committee of the Faculty of Divinity.”