Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, left, has been designated by Pope Francis to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, replacing Cardinal Donald Wuerl, right. Carr told Channel 2 that his office has been in “open dialogue” with the church and that Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory encouraged them to do the investigation. Wuerl’s handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church was scrutinized in a grand jury report out of Pennsylvania over the summer. “I heard from those that I go to church with every Sunday,” Carr, who is Catholic, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2. Gregory was president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in the early 2000s when the abuse crisis exploded.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2019 03:50 UTC