The Vatican has called the sex abuse described in a grand jury report in Pennsylvania "criminal and morally reprehensible." On Thursday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced an investigation into the McCarrick scandal and said it would invite the Vatican to participate. pic.twitter.com/XzYxc6KSU1 —@matthewschmitzIn Wuerl's defence, the archdiocese has released documents that include a detailed account of a case admirers cite as evidence of Wuerl's strong stand against sex abuse. The US Catholic Church is very close to becoming a decapitated Church.
What Napoleon and Stalin couldn’t do, the hierarchy of the Church itself did. "The U.S. Catholic Church is very close to becoming a decapitated Church," tweeted Massimo Faggioli, a relatively liberal theologian at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2018 21:11 UTC