Look Back At Archbishop Charles Chaput's Years At Head Of Archdiocese Of Philadelphia

Dan Koob reports.

6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.HE IS FROM PHILADELPHIA.I SAID, YOU'RE KIDDING ME.HAPPY HOME COMING FOR THENEXT ARCHBISHOP OFPHILADELPHIA AS HE COMES BACKTO THE CITY WHERE HISPRIESTHOOD BEGAN.GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE I'MUKEE WASHINGTON.I'M JESSICA KARTALIJA.TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROMROMAN CATHOLICS ABOUT THISHISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT.WE HAVE GOT TEAM THREECOVERAGE.WE WILL BEGIN WITH "EYEWITNESSNEWS" REPORTER DAN KOOB LIVEFROM CATHEDRAL OF SAINTS PETEARE AND PAUL, DAN?REPORTER: ONE COMING MEANSANOTHER ARCHBISHOP IS GOING.ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT LED LOCALCATHOLIC FAITHFUL THROUGH SOMELOWS, AND ALSO THE HIGHEST OFHIGHS.FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARSARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT LEDPHILADELPHIA ARCHDIOCESE ASNOW HE STEPS ASIDE.WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED,IT WAS DIFFICULT BUT WE WEREALL DOING IT TOGETHER ANDGRATEFUL FOR MY THREE BISHOPS,MY STAFF, AND ESPECIALLYAROUND ISSUES OF SEXUAL ABUSEAND FINANCES.THOUGH WERE THE BIGGEST ISSUETHAT WE HAD WHEN I FIRSTARRIVED.DEALING WITH THE SEX ABUSECRISIS, IT IS GONE SOCATHOLICS SHOULD BE, SHOULD BEGRATEFUL TO HIM, AND HE SHOULDGET CREDIT.REPORTER: THIS IS APROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY ATVILLANOVA AND SAID CHAPUTCONSERVATIVE NATURE AND BELIEFIN TRADITIONAL CHURCH TEACHINGPUT HIM AT ODDS WITH THEVATICAN.THERE HAS BEEN SOME TENSIONBETWEEN ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT ANDTHE VATICAN, AND FRANCES ITHINK WILL NOT BE THE SAMEWITH THE NEW ARCHBISHOP.DESCRIBE AS A HARD LINEAGGRESSIVE LEADER CHAPUTWELCOMED POPE FRANCES IN 2015WHEN HE VISITED PHILADELPHIATHAT IS WHEN HE LED WORLDMEETING OF FAMILIES WITH OLDOVER 1 MILLION VISITORSPARTICIPATING IN EVENTS ACROSSTHE CITY.OVER EIGHT YEARS HE OVERSAWDIFFICULT FINANCIAL DECISIONTOSS CLOSE PARISHERS ANDSCHOOLS WHILE CRITICIZED NEWARCHBISHOP PEREZ SAID HISPREDECESSOR DID IT FOR ONEREASON.DID HE THAT IN THE MIDDLEOF CRITICISM BUT HE WASSTEADFAST, IN HIS LOVE FOR YOUAND HIS LOVE FOR THE CHURCH.REPORTER: PEREZ HAS BIGSHOES TO FILL BUT SAYS HE ISNO THE SURE IF HE DESERVES TOFILL THESE SHOES.