Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl

On pope’s Irish trip, question isn’t if he’ll meet victims but what happens next
- Aug 18, 2018
The Irish media is abuzz with speculation about whether Pope Francis will or won’t meet sexual abuse survivors on his 32-hour visit next weekend, but the real question may be what happens if he does.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Wuerl: In Pittsburgh, he ‘established strong policies’ on abuse claims
- Aug 14, 2018
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said Aug. 14 that during his tenure as bishop of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 2006, he “established strong policies that addressed the needs of abuse survivors, removed priests from ministry and protected the most vulnerable in the community.”

By Julie Asher
Cardinal Wuerl defends himself ahead of child sex abuse report
- Aug 14, 2018
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington, says he expects a grand jury report being released Tuesday on the sexual abuse of children by clergy in six Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses to be critical of his actions as the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh.

By Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy

Cardinal Wuerl lays out plan for lay involvement in bishops’ accountability
- Aug 14, 2018
Cardinal Donald Wuerl has laid out his vision for lay participation in new oversight structures as part of the ongoing response to recent scandals in the Church in the United States.

By Ed Condon
Former papal advisor on abuse reacts to Wuerl’s statement on McCarrick scandal
- Aug 7, 2018
A former member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has said that proposals made by Cardinal Donald Wuerl in the wake of the Theodore McCarrick scandal do not go far enough.

By Ed Condon
Cardinal Wuerl: Next steps in wake of Archbishop McCarrick allegations
- Aug 1, 2018
The Catholic Standard, archdiocesan newspaper of Washington, published a question-and-answer interview July 31 with Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl about the next steps for the archdiocese in light of the sexual abuse allegations made against Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and retired archbishop of Washington.

By Catholic News Service