PITTSBURGH (PA)
KDKA
August 17, 2018
By Ralph Iannotti
The board of directors at a local high school is considering removing the name of Cardinal Wuerl from its title.
The new school year is beginning with big questions looming over Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School. Will the school undergo a name change because of an online petition to drop Cardinal Wuerl’s name?
Monsignor Ron Lengwin, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, told KDKA-TV News Friday night, “People were saying, take the name of Cardinal Wuerl off the high school; so, the bishop thought he should talk to some people about this.”
After the release earlier this week of a grand jury report involving clergy sex abuse statewide, and how then-bishop, now-Cardinal Wuerl allegedly mishandled complaints about abusive priests, an online petition to strip the the school of the Archbishop of Washington’s name has already garnered about 5,000 signatures. The organizers’ new goal is 7,500 signatures.
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