What happened?
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta has been appointed as Archbishop of Washington, DC. He succeeds Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned after a storm of criticism over his handling of the abuse crisis.
At the press conference announcing his appointment, Archbishop Gregory said the bishops had too often tried to protect themselves by “circling the wagons”. The archbishop pledged: “I will always tell you the truth as I understand it.”
What people are saying
Philip Pullella of Reuters noted that Archbishop Gregory was “the first African-American” to occupy the Church’s “most senior US position”. Pullella noted that Gregory “is considered a progressive who prefers dialogue and has largely shunned the US Church’s often strident culture wars”.
