The Long Island Herald has published an article, written by Melissa Berman, highlighting a celebration for outgoing CEO of St. John's Episcopal Hospital and Episcopal Health Services, Gerard Walsh.
"Throughout Walsh’s time at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway and Episcopal Health Services that oversees the medical facility, he faced adversity during the Covid-19 Pandemic, a push from New York state to change the facility into a 'micro-hospital,' and oversaw an emergency room that underwent years of construction... Bishop Lawrence Provenzano, the EHS president and chairman, gave the opening remarks and presented Walsh with the Bishop’s Cross. Provenzano said that the Bishop’s Cross is only given to a handful of people who demonstrate extraordinary service in their community and make a contribution to the Ministry of the Diocese."
Photo: Retiring celebrate St. John's Episcopal Hospital's CEO Gerard Walsh receives the Bishop's Cross from the Rt. Rev. Lawrence Provenzano, who heads Episcopal Health Services. MELISSA BERMAN/HERALD