The bishop is accused of knowingly covering up and lying about allegations that a former seminarian sexually abused an employee of the diocese in 2019.
In 2009, the Boston Globe dubbed Hession the Kennedys’ 'family priest on Cape Cod.' During his homily at Senator Kennedy’s funeral, Hession emphasized that he had been the deceased’s pastor.
The Vatican found a 'much larger corpus' of information from various Vatican dicasteries and American dioceses than had been anticipated, according to Cardinal O'Malley.