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Donald William Wuerl (born November 12, 1940) is an American prelate, a cardinal, of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia and Southern Maryland from 2006 to 2018.
Wuerl was elevated by Pope John Paul II to serve as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State (1986 to 1987), and as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania (1988 to 2006). Pope Benedict XVI named Wuerl as archbishop of Washington and made him a cardinal in 2010.
Wuerl is widely viewed as a theological moderate, and is well known in the church for his ability to forge consensus between different factions. Questions arose in 2018 of whether Wuerl had adequately dealt with allegations of sexual abuse against clergy under his jurisdiction. A 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report criticized how he handled sexual abuse cases during his time as bishop in Pittsburgh. Wuerl has denied mishandling the cases.
There were additional accusations that Wuerl, despite initially denying it, was aware of sexual abuse accusations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, his predecessor in Washington. On October 12, 2018, Pope Francis accepted Wuerl's resignation as archbishop of Washington. Wuerl remained in charge of the archdiocese as its apostolic administrator until Francis appointed his successor, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, in 2019.