Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro criticized Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the former Bishop of Pittsburgh, over his untruthful response to the grand jury report on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
The grand jury report described the horrifying sexual assaults and rapes of 1,000 children by over 300 predator priests in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania. It also provided details on the coverup of the crimes against the children by the leaders of the dioceses.
Cardinal Wuerl ‘Did His Best’ to Prevent Future Sexual Abuse by Priests
From 1988 to 2006, Wuerl served as the Bishop of Pittsburgh. He was identified as one of the bishops involved in covering up the abuse allegations against priests.
Wuerl said in a statement that he believes the report “confirms that I acted with diligence, with concern for the victims and to prevent future acts of abuse.”
In an interview with Fox 5 in Washington D.C., Wuerl said he tried to do his very best to deal with the sexual abuse allegations against a priest when he was the Bishop of Pittsburgh.
