Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archibhop Emeritus of Washington D.C., attended the Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Jan. 23, 2020.

Peter Zelasko
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archibhop Emeritus of Washington D.C., attended the Mass for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Jan. 23, 2020.

Revelations during summer 2018 about the sexual misconduct of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick raised questions about whether Cardinal Wuerl, McCarrick’s successor, was aware of McCarrick’s misdeeds.