UPDATE WITH INTERVIEW: CAMDEN BISHOP SAYS ASSUMPTION STAYS OPEN ALL YEAR

Camden Bishop Joseph Galante has released a new list of priests who will be coveners for new parishes in the South Jersey area that have been combined into one. In Galante's announcement today, Father Michael Field has been named the Priest Covener for the newly combined St. Ann's/Assumption parish in Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. However, according to the Bishop, "While the location of the parish will be at St. Ann, it is the Bishop's intention that the worship site at Assumption be open year-round in addition to the summer and shoulder months specified in the announcement of April 3. A final determination of the worship sites will be made by the pastor and the parish and pastoral finance councils after the new parish is formally established by decree".

Coastal Broadcasting's Denis Brown spoke with spokesperson for the Camden Diocese, Andrew Walton, about this recent decision. (Click play below)