WHEELING -- A Washington Post report, citing confidential Vatican records, shows that former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield paid $350,000 to other clergy -- some of whom he allegedly harassed -- from his personal account and then was reimbursed by the diocese. The Post ...
WHEELING -- A Washington Post report, citing confidential Vatican records, found that former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield spent $2.4 million on personal travel and $4.6 million to renovate his private residence in Wheeling. During his travel, Bransfield would utilize ...
Editor's note: This story and headline have been updated to replace the word 'abuse' with harassment. WHEELING -- Archbishop William Lori said Tuesday that an investigation has found that allegations of sexual harassment of adults by former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael ...
WHEELING -- Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese Bishop Michael Bransield "engaged in a patter of excessive and inappropriate spending" of diocesan funds during his 13-year tenure as bishop, a letter released today by Archbishop William Lori. Bransfield initiated and completed extensive and ...
WHEELING — The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has filed a motion to dismiss a sexual harassment suit against former Bishop Michael Bransfield. The civil court action filed Thursday in Ohio County Circuit Court denies accusations set forth in a complaint filed March 22 by a former altar ...
WHEELING — Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese bishop Michael Bransfield told a Philadelphia newspaper Wednesday that recent allegations portraying him as a “sexual predator” are false and part of a conspiracy by those seeking to “destroy” him. A lawsuit filed March 22 in Ohio County ...
