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August 15, 2019

Pittsburgh church cancels festival after 'disturbing message'

Storm clouds pass over a a Catholic church in Pittsburgh.

WASHINGTON -- A church in the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Aug. 13 it was canceling a popular summer event, its parish festival, after receiving what it called "a disturbing message."

Published in International
January 16, 2019

Cardinal Wuerl apologizes for 'lapse of memory', now recalls McCarrick abuse allegation

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl is pictured as he waits for Pope Francis' arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland near Washington Sept. 22, 2015.
WASHINGTON – In a second letter issued in mid-January about what he knew and didn't regarding abuse allegations involving his predecessor, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington's retired archbishop, apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a "lapse of memory," clarifying that he knew of at least one abuse allegation against former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, but he had "forgotten" about it.
Published in International
January 11, 2019

Wuerl knew: Diocese confirms McCarrick coverup by former Washington cardinal

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, apostolic administrator of the Washington Archdiocese, speaks from the floor Nov. 13 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.
WASHINGTON – An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was reported to Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2004, despite Wuerl’s insistence he knew nothing about McCarrick’s alleged sexual misconduct until 2018.
Published in International