WHEELING (WV)
WCHS/WVAH
September 13, 2018
By Anna Taylor
The West Virginia bishop has resigned amid the Catholic Church’s sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
According to a news release posted on the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston’s website, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael Bransfield. Archbishop William E. Lori has been appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston by the pope while also remaining archbishop of Baltimore, the website said.
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