Cardinal Dolan, 70, quarantining after coming into contact with COVID-positive person

Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to media after the NYPD (new york police department) mass honoring members who died of COVID-19 at St. Patrick's Cathedral. 46 members of NYPD died during pandemic so far and many of them did not receive proper funerals due to pandemic restrictions. Almost 20% of NYPD members were sick with coronavirus during the pandemic in the city. Cardinal Timothy Dolan led the mass. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police commissioner Dermot Shea spoke.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks to media after the NYPD (new york police department) mass honoring members who died of COVID-19 at St. Patrick's Cathedral. 46 members of NYPD died during pandemic so far and many of them did not receive proper funerals due to pandemic restrictions. Almost 20% of NYPD members were sick with coronavirus during the pandemic in the city. Cardinal Timothy Dolan led the mass. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police commissioner Dermot Shea spoke. Photo credit Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cardinal Timothy Dolan is quarantining himself after being in close contact last week with someone who has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said Friday.

The 70-year-old cardinal has no symptoms and hasn't tested positive himself, the archdiocese said in a statement. For now, he is canceling all public appearances -- including celebrating Sunday's 10:15 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral -- while his quarantine continues.

Some staff members also had contact with the same person and are quarantining, the archdiocese said.

Serving over 2.8 million Catholics in the Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island in New York City and six counties north of it, the archdiocese is the nation's second-largest, after Los Angeles.

Dolan has been its leader since 2009.

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