VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost ...

WASHINGTON -- Washington's Catholic Archbishop is out. The Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl. He's another casualty of the clergy sex abuse scandal that's rocked the church.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., stood accused of being complicit in covering up years of sexual abuse by priests. NPR talks... Pope Francis Accepts Cardinal Wuerl's Resignation ...

Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he will ask Pope Francis directly to accept his resignation after a sweeping jury report accused him of allowing priests accused of sexually abusing children to be ...