Almost Six Million: Cardinal Wuerl Lines His Pockets

The finances of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. are audited and published annually by an outside public accounting firm. Based on the records of these audits, Michael Haynes writes at LifeSiteNews.com that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, 83, who retired as archbishop of Washington in May 2019, has since received gigantic allowances from his former archdiocese:

2019: $1,488,059
2020: $2,012,639
2021: $1,859,505
2022: $278,343
2023: $145,428

In five years, Wuerl has pocketed nearly $6 million. He was a strong supporter of Francis and Francis' poverty ideology, and a close ally of Cardinal McCarrick. He owes his career to John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Francis called Wuerl an "model bishop".

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