VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who is implicated in the sex abuse cover-up scandal.
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A Vatican statement Friday said Francis had accepted Wuerl's resignation, but named no replacement; Wuerl's office said he had been asked to stay on in a temporary capacity until a new archbishop is found.
Wuerl, the former bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, has been scrutinized since the release of a grand jury report on child sex abuse by priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
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