Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s name will be removed from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township, Butler County.
Bishop David Zubik announced the decision on Wednesday.
“My concern is first, foremost and always for the students, that nothing overshadows their Catholic education,” Zubik said in a press release Wednesday.
The school will now be known as North Catholic High School.
In a letter from August 16, 2018, Cardinal Wuerl, the former bishop of Pittsburgh and current archbishop of Washington, DC, said that he was acting in the interest of the students, faculty and families of the school.
“In light of the circumstances today and lest we in any way detract from the purpose of Catholic education…I respectfully ask you to remove my name from it. In this way, there should be no distraction from the great success of the school and, most importantly, the reason for the school — the students,” Cardinal Wuerl wrote.
The board of Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School met on Aug. 17 and recommended the approval of Cardinal Wuerl’s request. In accordance with procedures for addressing issues related to the diocesan high schools, that recommendation was also approved by the CHSDOP board on Aug. 20.
Cardinal Wuerl has come under fire in the wake of a grand jury report regarding sexual abuse by Pennsylvania priests. Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for Wuerl’s name to be removed.
On Monday, someone apparently spray-painted over his name on a sign near the entrance to the school.
The grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse was very critical of then-Bishop Wuerl’s role in not properly handling abuse complaints against priests.
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