Second cardinal withdraws from Ireland congress amid abuse scandals

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/Iy5Tne5d5KHXyj9qsVXr3g--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-08-18T202618Z_1_LYNXMPEE7H0LQ_RTROPTP_2_POPE-SUCCESSION.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/second-cardinal-withdraws-ireland-congress-amid-abuse-scandals-202618447.html)The meeting, a major congress held every three years,Â-will be closed byÂ-Pope FrancisÂ-during the first papal visit in almost 40 years to Ireland where a series of abuse scandals has also rocked the church's standing in the once staunchly Catholic country. The withdrawal from the Dublin event followed a bombshell grand jury report this week that detailed widespread abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania and a systematic cover-up campaign by their bishopsÂ-over a 70-year period. Wuerl, who was Bishop for theÂ-Diocese of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2006,Â-has not himself been accused of any wrongdoing against children.



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