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	Archbishop Visits Protesters of Church Sex Abuse By Paul Wagner My Fox D.C. April 2, 2010 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/archbishop-visits-protesters-of-church-sex-abuse-040210 WASHINGTON - Archbishop Donald Wuerl took the unusual step of praying with protesters calling attention to the sex abuse scandal. Wuerl has not been shy about discussing sex abuse in the Catholic Church. He has mentioned it several times since taking over the Archdiocese of Washington four years ago. Just before leading Good Friday services at the Cathedral of St. Matthews on Friday, the Archbishop walked across the street where he joined a number of protesters in the stations of the cross. The people protesting sex abuse in the Catholic Church were about halfway through the stations of the cross when Archbishop Wuerl crossed the street to join them. Arriving just in time to hear the story of David Lorenz. “It took me until I was 33 years old before I could tell anyone. I wanted to. I didn't know how. How do I tell you that I was abused?” said Lorenz. Through the 14 stations or the last hours of Jesus before his crucifixion, the protest followed a theme. Asking for justice, praying for victims too ashamed to come forward. As the stations came to a close, Archbishop Wuerl sought out David Lorenz, telling him that “I came just to show some solidarity.” Sex abuse in the Catholic Church is again making headlines with allegations as a Cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI helped cover up abuse by pedophile priests. “One of the things we have tried to do throughout this entire tragedy of abuse going all the way back to when we first became aware of it was to support victims, reach out and to heal victims. But also to see that any priest who did abuse someone was not in ministry and we continue to do that.” Archbishop Wuerl went on to say the strength of the church is in its prayer and the church continues to pray for healing and reconciliation.
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