Cdl. Wuerl Refusing to Step Down, Proposes ‘Season of Healing’

Church Militant ^ | 9/7/18 | Rodney Pelletier

[marshmallow]

Rejects calls to leave post, offers prayer and listening sessions instead

WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. is refusing to step down after being implicated in the massive cover-up of clerical sex abuse.

In a Thursday letter to the priests of the archdiocese, Wuerl is calling for a "season of healing" to address the sex abuse crisis. He notes the calls for him to step down, but is choosing to remain in spite of them. In his letter, he explained that in a Sept. 3 "prayer and discernment" meeting with his priests, "Among the many observations was that the archdiocese would be well served by new leadership to help move beyond the current confusion, disappointment and disunity."

George Neumayr, a Church Militant correspondent who has been investigating Wuerl for years, comments, "Cardinal Wuerl is right. This is a season of healing — healing of his tattered reputation which he is attempting to orchestrate through this utterly sham PR campaign that nobody should take seriously."

On Aug. 30, Wuerl asked "for forgiveness for my errors in judgment, for my inadequacies, and also for your acceptance of my contrition for any suffering I have caused," but that sentiment is nowhere to be found in his latest letter.

He gives the purpose of the "season of healing" as "an invitation for parishes and parishioners to come together in prayer, to give voice to the pain and suffering of the survivors of clergy sexual abuse, while also recognizing the pain and wound of the whole Church."

It's scheduled to begin on Sept. 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, and continue each consecutive Friday for six weeks.

[NorthMountain]

Wuerl is calling for a "season of healing" to address the sex abuse crisis.

How about a season of exposing crimes and noncriminal misconduct, followed by a season of laicization, followed by a season of referral for prosecution?

[trebb]

Nope, they will “make nice” and assure the faithful that “father knows best” and that “these things are being addressed by higher authorities” all the while laughing up their sleeves.

Why would a millennium + old practice stop now?

[Buckeye McFrog]

AG should start digging into his files. He won’t be so cute then.

Someone would need to bring him out of his coma first.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Watch this: four minutes, just watch it.

It's CNN. Everybody knows. How can he keep on lying like this?

Jake Tapper digs into Donald Wuerl's Past

Wuerl and Francis BOTH need to resign. And a whole lot more.