{"id":77675,"date":"2026-04-03T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77675"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:05:49","slug":"archbishop-checchio-takes-helm-in-new-orleans-as-pope-accepts-archbishop-aymonds-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/archbishop-checchio-takes-helm-in-new-orleans-as-pope-accepts-archbishop-aymonds-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"L'archev\u00eaque Checchio prend la t\u00eate du dioc\u00e8se de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans alors que le pape accepte la d\u00e9mission de l'archev\u00eaque Aymond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le pape L\u00e9on XIV a accept\u00e9 mercredi la d\u00e9mission de l'archev\u00eaque Gregory Aymond, ouvrant la voie \u00e0 l'archev\u00eaque coadjuteur James Checchio pour assumer la direction de l'archidioc\u00e8se de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e9on a nomm\u00e9 Checchio, 59 ans, archev\u00eaque coadjuteur de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans en septembre 2025 pour succ\u00e9der automatiquement \u00e0 Aymond lors de son d\u00e9part \u00e0 la retraite. Apr\u00e8s son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 la mi-novembre 2025, Checchio a assist\u00e9 Aymond pendant trois mois au sein de l'archidioc\u00e8se, qui compte plus d'un demi-million de catholiques dans le sud-est de la Louisiane.<\/p>\n<p>Checchio a pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment exerc\u00e9, depuis 2016, les fonctions d'\u00e9v\u00eaque de Metuchen, dans le New Jersey. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 recteur du Coll\u00e8ge pontifical nord-am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 Rome de 2006 \u00e0 2016 et est titulaire d'un doctorat en droit canonique.<\/p>\n<p>Dans une d\u00e9claration de l'archidioc\u00e8se dat\u00e9e du 11 f\u00e9vrier, il a affirm\u00e9 que ses trois premiers mois \u00e0 La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans \u00ab sont pass\u00e9s tr\u00e8s vite alors que j'en apprends davantage sur notre \u00c9glise locale \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Checchio c\u00e9l\u00e9brera sa premi\u00e8re messe en tant qu'archev\u00eaque \u00e0 la cath\u00e9drale Saint-Louis de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans le mercredi des Cendres, le 18 f\u00e9vrier.<\/p>\n<p>Il prend les r\u00eanes \u00e0 La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans alors que l'archidioc\u00e8se s'efforce de r\u00e9soudre des ann\u00e9es de n\u00e9gociations li\u00e9es \u00e0 la faillite par un accord avec plus de 600 plaignants victimes d'abus sexuels de la part du clerg\u00e9. En septembre 2025, l'archidioc\u00e8se a annonc\u00e9 une offre de r\u00e8glement de $230 millions de dollars aux plaignants, en hausse par rapport \u00e0 une offre pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente de $180 millions de dollars.<\/p>\n<p>L'offre de r\u00e8glement fait suite \u00e0 cinq ann\u00e9es de n\u00e9gociations devant le tribunal des faillites des \u00c9tats-Unis pour le district oriental de Louisiane, o\u00f9 le deuxi\u00e8me plus ancien archidioc\u00e8se catholique du pays a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 le bilan en mai 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Aymond, originaire de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans, dirigeait l'archidioc\u00e8se depuis 2009. Il a eu 75 ans, l'\u00e2ge auquel les \u00e9v\u00eaques sont tenus de pr\u00e9senter leur d\u00e9mission au pape, en novembre 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre pour l'archidioc\u00e8se de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans en 1975. Son minist\u00e8re sacerdotal s'est concentr\u00e9 sur l'\u00e9ducation \u2014 notamment en tant que pr\u00e9sident-recteur du s\u00e9minaire Notre-Dame de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans de 1986 \u00e0 2000 \u2014 et sur le travail missionnaire au Mexique et au Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<p>En 1996, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 \u00e9v\u00eaque auxiliaire de l'archidioc\u00e8se et a re\u00e7u la supervision de ses \u00e9coles catholiques.<\/p>\n<p>Aymond a \u00e9t\u00e9 vivement critiqu\u00e9 \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1990 pour avoir permis \u00e0 l'entra\u00eeneur de l'\u00e9cole Sacred Heart of Jesus de Norco, Brian Matherne, de conserver son poste pendant plusieurs mois apr\u00e8s avoir re\u00e7u des informations sur des abus pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s commis par Matherne sur un mineur.<\/p>\n<p>Matherne a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 plus tard et purge actuellement une peine de 30 ans apr\u00e8s avoir plaid\u00e9 coupable de l'agression de 17 enfants sur une p\u00e9riode de 15 ans se terminant en 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Aymond a admis plus tard son erreur en maintenant Matherne \u00e0 son poste et a qualifi\u00e9 l'affaire d'\u00ab exp\u00e9rience douloureuse \u2014 je ne l'oublierai jamais. Cela m'a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 mieux comprendre la complexit\u00e9 de la p\u00e9dophilie \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 \u00e9v\u00eaque coadjuteur d'Austin, au Texas, en juin 2000 et a succ\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9v\u00eaque John E. McCarthy en tant qu'\u00e9v\u00eaque d'Austin en janvier 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 ce poste, Aymond a renforc\u00e9 les politiques du dioc\u00e8se en mati\u00e8re d'abus sexuels, bien que des militants contre les abus cl\u00e9ricaux du Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) aient critiqu\u00e9 le bilan de l'archev\u00eaque, affirmant qu'il \u00ab joue seulement la com\u00e9die de quelqu'un qui prend au s\u00e9rieux les crimes sexuels du clerg\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/archbishop-checchio-takes-helm-in-new-orleans-as-pope-accepts-archbishop-aymond-s-resignation\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/archbishop-checchio-takes-helm-in-new-orleans-as-pope-accepts-archbishop-aymond-s-resignation<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le pape L\u00e9on XIV a accept\u00e9 la d\u00e9mission de l'archev\u00eaque Gregory Aymond mercredi, ouvrant la voie \u00e0 l'archev\u00eaque coadjuteur James Checchio pour assumer la direction de l'archidioc\u00e8se de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans. L\u00e9on a nomm\u00e9 Checchio, 59 ans, archev\u00eaque coadjuteur de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans en septembre 2025 pour succ\u00e9der automatiquement \u00e0 Aymond lors de son d\u00e9part \u00e0 la retraite. Apr\u00e8s l'arriv\u00e9e de Checchio \u00e0 la mi-novembre 2025, [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-77675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74171,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-issues-public-apology-to-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":77675,"position":0},"title":"Archdiocese of New Orleans issues public apology to abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mars 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Saint Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010. | Credit: Graythen\/Getty Images Jan 5, 2026 \/ 18:32 pm (CNA). 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