LONDON (ENGLAND)
Catholic Herald
June 11, 2019
ByAaron Benavides
Cardinal Kevin Farrell and Archbishop William Lori are among senior clergy who received gifts from the bishop
Several cardinals, bishops, and priests, have said they will return money given to them by Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, the former head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, after an article published by the Washington Post reported lavish spending and gift-giving by the West Virginia bishop.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, will return $29,000 given to him by Bransfield for renovations of his Rome apartment, reported the Washington Post.
Archbishop William E. Lori, the Archbishop of Baltimore and Apostolic Administrator of Wheeling-Charleston tasked with investigating Bransfield, said he would return $7,500.
The former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, said he donated the $6,000 given to him shortly after he received the gifts from Bransfield.
Catholic News Agency reported that Cardinal Donal Wuerl, the former Archbishop of Washington, received $23,600 and is planning on returning the money to the diocese.
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