archbishop wilton d. gregory, most recently from atlanta,ll offic the first-ever african-american archbishop of washington. as news4's david culver reports, it's a leadership rolehat gregory says must start with healing. >> i resolve to serve faithfulle t spiritual needs of this local church. >> reporngr: a new beginnior catholics in our nation's cap capital. archbishop wilton d. gregory accepting his position lead the local church, holding high the manda fromope francis himself and acknowledging the recent pain caused by church leaders. >> we clerics and hierarchs have been the source of this current tempest. >> reporter: gregory steps in following a devastating church scandal. most recently the defrocking of now ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick accused of sexually a asing minorsnd the outgoing archbishop, cardinal donald wuerl, accused of not doing enough to punish predator priests when he served in pittsburgh. >> cardinal wuerl has been and remains a cherished friend, an episcopal colleague now for many years. >