Ex-Bush aide named Boston archdiocese CFO BOSTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Former White House official John Straub was named chief financial officer and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Boston, the archdiocese said. Straub, who was special assistant to President George W. Bush, was interim chancellor for the last seven months, The Boston Globe reported. He will serve a five-year term. Straub, 44, told the Globe the Roman Catholic archdiocese had "come a long way both with financial stability and financial transparency" and one of his goals would be to "maintain that stability and transparency and enhance it where we can." Straub said another goal was supporting the archdiocese's effort to reorganize its parish structure that would merge neighboring parishes would into a single parish with services at multiple church buildings. He is from Lima, Ohio, and a graduate of Catholic University in Washington. The Archdiocese of Boston serves 1.8 million Catholics in 288 parishes in 144 communities.