December 11, 2003
Boston Priest Returns Home to Lead Social-Services Charity
The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir is going home. For much of Father Hehir's 37 years as a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, he has been "on loan" to other dioceses. He spent 20 years at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Washington, and for the last two years he has served as president of Catholic Charities USA, in Alexandria, Va.
But this summer, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley asked Father Hehir (pronounced hare) to return to Boston to help him regain the trust of Catholics
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