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Randall Smith
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Amy Fahey
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So long, Cardinal Wuerl
Ed Condon, First Things
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Had he retired at 75, as bishops are required to do unless asked to continue by the pope, he would likely be remembered as a competent archbishop and a quietly influential champion of abuse reform. But of course, he did not retire then, and many will now remember him only for asserting that he never heard even a rumor about his predecessor, McCarrick.