WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES MAY 18, 2017 17 Queens Catholics mourn loss of retired Bishop Thomas Daily, 89 BY ROBERT POZARYCKI RPOZARYCKI@QNS.COM / @ROBBPOZ Retired Bishop Thomas V. Daily, former leader of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens who died on Monday, May 15, at the age of 89, will be remembered at a funeral Mass in Douglaston on Friday morning, May 19. Daily died at his residence in the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. He presided over the diocese for 13 years, leading the church through diffi cult fi nancial times; his tenure, however, ended aft er he became ensnared in the global Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. The Massachusetts native became the sixth Bishop of Brooklyn in 1990 aft er previously serving as the fi rst Bishop of Palm Beach, FL. He was ordained a priest by the Archdiocese of Boston in 1952 and would serve the fi rst eight years of his ministry at St. Ann’s Church in the Boston suburb of Quincy. In 1960, Daily headed to Lima, Peru, as part of the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle, working with the poor in the South American nation. He would return to Boston in 1965 and, in 1971, went to work for Boston Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros. Daily was named an auxiliary bishop in 1975 and appointed the following year as vicar general for the Archdiocese of Boston. Over his 13 years of leadership in Brooklyn and Queens, as The New York Times reported, Bishop Daily consolidated a number of parishes and embarked on a major capital investment program to bring much-needed repairs to churches and schools across both boroughs. He also worked with the Knights of Columbus to bring Pope John Paul II to Queens during his October 1995 visit to the United States. The pontiff celebrated Mass before a crowd of tens of thousands at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park. In many ways, however, Daily’s work in the diocese was overshadowed by the Catholic Church sex scandal that came to light in 2002. The Massachusetts attorney general found that Daily — while vicar general to Cardinal Medeiros and, briefl y, Cardinal Bernard Law — failed to properly investigate abuse allegations against priests in the Boston archdiocese. The Brooklyn diocese was not immune to the sex abuse scandal; in Daily’s fi nal years, the diocese and the bishop were named in a class action Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens lawsuit by 42 people who claimed to have been abused by local priests. In testifying at a deposition involving one of the Boston priests in 2002, Daily would express regret for his actions in Boston, but stated that he was following the church’s protocol at the time. Pope John Paul II accepted Daily’s resignation in August of 2003, and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who led the Camden diocese in New Jersey, was appointed as Daily’s successor. “Bishop Daily was a man who personifi ed the Second Vatican Council’s call for a preferential option for the poor,” DiMarzio said in a statement on May 15. “He ministered to indigenous people amidst poverty in Peru, women in crisis pregnancies, as well as new and oft en poor immigrants living in Brooklyn. He never acted out of malice or to further his own self-interest. At heart he was a missionary. I suspect he wished he could have remained in the missions his entire life.” Mark V. Burke, MD, FAAFP 87-47 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale 718-849-8609 Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management *Only $100 for Employment/CDL Physicals (testing @ add’l cost) No Fault Accepted Drug Testing/Addiction Treatment offered (Counselor Available) Prompt Appointments Available Open until 10pm Thursdays Lighthouse Assembly of God 71-29 68th Place (bet. Myrtle Ave. & Central Ave.) Glendale, N.Y. 11385 1-718-456-1203 Rev. Deo Geer, Pastor Sunday School for all ages 9:45 am Morning Worship (& Children Church) 11:00 am Sunday Evening Service 6:00 pm Friday-Prayer, Bible Study And Youth Meeting-7:30 pm (Preaching ALL The Gospel To ALL The Family) STOP BY-WE’ll BUY STOP BY-WE’ll BUY ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������ HIGHEST PRICES PAID! HIGHEST PRICES PAID! IMMEDIATE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE WE BUY & SELL GOLD & DIAMONDS DIAMONDS �������������� ���������������� ���������������� CASH! OLD WATCHES CAN BE WORTH A FORTUNE IN CASH! ������������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������ and Many More STOP BY Dont Sell Before You Get Our Free Price Quote Dont Sell Before You Get Our Free Price Quote �������������� ���������������� ���������������� 65-50 METROPOLITAN AVENUE, MIDDLE VILLAGE 65-50 METROPOLITAN AVENUE, MIDDLE VILLAGE 718-386-4440 718-386-4440 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE OPEN: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY OPEN: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY
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