[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Father Mike was well loved and greatly respected as a priest who loved to help other people, especially those on the peripheries,” Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith said. ‘Long-term care facilities are at a breaking point’: Calls for action as more deaths linked to Alberta continuing care centres In a statement Tuesday, the Archdiocese said McCaffery was living at the Villa Vianney — a private, independent living home for retired priests, on the Catholic campus near 84 Street and 98 Avenue.
The campus is also home to The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, Newman Theological College and St. Joseph Seminary.COVID-19 symptoms were first detected at the Villa Vianney.