Posted on 08/02/2018 4:44:22 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington D.C., Jul 28, 2018 / 09:54 am (CNA).- A letter sent this week to priests of the Archdiocese of Washington claims that Cardinal Donald Wuerl did not know until recently about settlements made by two New Jersey dioceses in response to allegations misconduct on the part of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
"Neither the Archdiocese of Washington nor Cardinal Wuerl knew about these confidential settlements until this most recent credible and substantiated allegation against Cardinal McCarrick was made public," said the July 25 letter, sent to Washington priests by archdiocesan vicar general Monsignor Charles Antonicelli.
"For clarity, the Archdiocese of Washington did not participate in, make any contributions to, nor was involved in any way with these settlement agreements," the letter added.
The settlements in questions were reached in 2005 and 2007 by the Diocese of Metuchen, the Archdiocese of Newark, and two men who claim they were sexually assaulted by McCarrick while they were seminarians and young priests.
McCarrick was Bishop of Metuchen from 1981-1986, Archbishop of Newark from 1986-2000, and Archbishop of Washington from 2000-2006. Wuerl succeeded McCarrick in Washington and is the current Archbishop of Washington.
The first settlement took place while McCarrick was still Archbishop of Washington, and the second was reached after Wuerl had taken the helm of that archdiocese. Neither settlement, according to Antonicelli's letter, was reported to Wuerl.
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BS
He, Bishop Wuerl, did my confirmation in Pittsburgh way back in 1999. Weird to see all this now.
Eh, what’s another lie, to somebody like that? As natural as breathing.
Even if the claim of ignorance is true, “Donna Girl” Wuerl is most likely as dirty as they get.
I call BS on this. I believe they all knew about it and are doing their best to cover it up.
It's time to separate the Catholic Faith, rooted in Scripture, from the Catholic Church which is run by fallible men.
It's amazing how all those in power always ask us to sacrifice for the greater good but do not lead by example and give up some of their comforts and privileges.
I am in Pittsburgh. He and I have close mutual acquaintances. They have always spoken highly of him.
But this statement strains all credulity.
No way you walk into a high-profile job like that without getting briefed on EVERYTHING that was known or suspected about your predecessor.
I imagine his friends here in town are highly disappointed.
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