Wheeling, West Virginia
Bishop Bransfield warnings missed Church leaders missed warnings about the alleged financial misconduct of Bishop Michael Bransfield, the Washington Post has claimed. Bransfield, formerly Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, was barred from public ministry in March after an investigation ordered by the Pope and carried out by Archbishop William Lori. The archbishop found that Bransfield had “engaged in a pattern of excessive and inappropriate spending” and made sexually suggestive comments and actions towards his subordinates. (Bransfield has denied any wrongdoing.) The Post said that lay people tried to alert Vatican officials and the US nunciature, but no discernable action was taken.
