Last week, U.S. Catholics learned that Cardinal Wuerl knew that his disgraced predecessor, Theodore McCarrick, had faced allegations of sexual misconduct with seminarians back in 2004. And when ...

Church officials confirmed that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, retired archbishop of Washington, had forwarded an allegation of sexual misconduct against his predecessor, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, ...

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, retired archbishop of Washington, is seen at the National Press Club in this 2015 file photo. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) WASHINGTON (CNS) — Church officials confirmed that ...

WASHINGTON — An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was reported to Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2004, despite Cardinal Wuerl’s insistence he knew nothing about the disgraced ex ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pope Francis officially accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, of the Washington Archdiocese, on Friday. However, Wuerl will remain a Cardinal and a close advisor to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, Archbishop Donald Wuerl prays as he celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew ...

DUBLIN — Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., made waves over the weekend when he announced his withdrawal from the World Meeting of Families in Ireland after a Pennsylvania grand jury report ...

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the current Washington archbishop and former Pittsburgh bishop who came under heavy criticism in a Pennsylvania grand jury report for his handling of sexual abuse cases, will ...

(RNS) — Cardinal Wuerl is certainly not the worst bishop of his generation in handling abuse. In fact, he was one of the best, but that is still not good enough. Today we have a higher standard. (RNS) ...