WASHINGTON (DC)
NPQ/Washington Post
September 7, 2018
By Jim Schaffer
Last week, NPQ reported on the controversy surrounding a former Vatican ambassador releasing an unprecedented public letter that alleged Popes Francis and Benedict and other top clerics knew about the sexual misconduct by former Washington DC archbishop Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and then protected him. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who replaced McCarrick, was one of the top embattled clerics named in the seditious letter. Wuerl was also named in the grand jury report on sexual abuse by priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses for allegedly being involved in the cover-up while serving as bishop in Pittsburgh. Pope Francis reportedly advised Wuerl during a personal meeting in Rome last Thursday to return to the US and consult with his priests for advice and guidance.
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