ALLENTOWN (PA)
The Morning Call

October 12, 2018

By Paul Muschick

I’m still not sure the Catholic church gets it.

The pope’s acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday probably was viewed by many as a sign that the church is taking steps to change its ways and rebuild itself amid the fallout of the child sex abuse scandal exposed by the Pennsylvania grand jury investigation.

Here’s why I’m not so sure that’s the case.

Wuerl’s name came up often in the grand jury report. He wasn’t accused of abuse, but at times of helping to protect abusers in his role as the long-time bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The report also notes steps he took to try to rid the church of abusers.

About a month after the report was released, Wuerl wrote a blog post in which he said he wished he “could…