Cardinal Joseph Tobin Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Irish-American Archbishop of Newark, has apologised for what he described as an embarrassing gaffe on social media after he posted a message to Twitter which included “Nighty-night, baby. I love you”.
Within two hours the tweet had been deleted, and a diocesan spokesman insisted that the cardinal was boarding a flight at the time and meant the tweet as a private message to one of his sisters.
The prelate later tweeted admitting that his earlier message “continues to be widely diffused and has sown some misunderstanding.
“I want to apologise to the priests and faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark, if my carelessness has caused any confusion or embarrassment,” he said.