AR Bernard, former Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan sworn in as NYPD co-chief chaplains

"Thank you, Commissioner Tisch, for your vision and your trust. She called us two righteous men. Fortunately, that word does not mean perfect. It means that we've stood the test of time and temptation to compromise our values to live other than the high standard and calling that have been placed upon us."

"To serve the New York City Police Department is more than an honor. I consider it a calling. The men and women of this department carry extraordinary weight, moral, emotional, and often spiritual. They bear that weight quietly and at good and great personal cost. I believe that spiritual health and moral clarity are not luxuries for policing. They are necessities."

Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, and former Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan have been installed as co-chief chaplains of the New York Police Department's Chaplain's Unit. The ceremony took place at One Police Plaza in Manhattan, attended by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Both men recently transitioned from leading major Christian organizations to assume this new role. The NYPD Chaplain's Unit, established in 1906, comprises 12 chaplains from various faiths who provide 24/7 spiritual support to the department's over 50,000 uniformed and civilian members. Bernard and Dolan emphasized the importance of spiritual health and moral clarity as necessities rather than luxuries in policing.

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