WHEELING — Three high-ranking priests tied to former bishop Michael Bransfield have resigned from their managerial roles in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Archbishop William Lori announced Monday. The Revs. Frederick Annie, Kevin Quirk and Anthony Cincinnati resigned ...
WHEELING -- Acting in his capacity as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Archbishop William E. Lori Monday announced that three priests linked to former bishop Michael Bransfield -- Frederick Annie, Kevin Quirk and Anthony Cincinnati -- have resigned their ...
WHEELING — Parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston on Saturday said they are focusing their energy on their faith and the church, not on their former leader, Michael Bransfield. Bransfield, who served as bishop of the diocese for 13 years prior to his retirement in ...
WHEELING -- Archbishop William Lori on Friday said he made a mistake in asking that his name and those of 10 other powerful Catholic bishops and priests who received financial gifts from former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield be omitted from a preliminary report. In an ...
WHEELING — Archbishop William E. Lori admitted Wednesday former Bishop Michael J. Bransfield “engaged in a pattern of excessive and inappropriate spending” during his tenure in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston as news reports revealed he spent millions on travel and to ...
By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer WHEELING — Adults have offered “credible” accounts accusing former Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of sexual harassment, Archbishop William E. Lori said Wednesday. Lori, archbishop of Baltimore, was appointed apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston last September after Bransfield resigned as bishop. In a letter issued Wednesday to priests and laity of the diocese, Lori outlined the findings of a papal-ordered investigation of Bransfield’s conduct. “Regarding allegations of sexual harassment of adults by Bishop ...
