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Michael J. Bransfield

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responsibility (apologizing for "any scandal or wonderment caused by words or actions attributed to me during my tenure as Bishop") and agreed to pay $ 441,000 in restitution to the diocese. However, Bransfield continued to maintain "I believed that such reimbursements to me were proper." Under the Vatican agreement, Bransfield was to receive a monthly stipend from the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and have the diocese pay his health insurance coverage. Bransfield also retained his title as bishop. Many West Virginia parishioners were critical of Bransfield's lack of remorse and his apology letter
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reported on the early warnings, "Wells, Burke and Lori said the gifts did not influence how they responded to parishioners' complaints," while "Viganò said he did not recall receiving complaints and did not give Bransfield favorable treatment" and said that he had donated the funds to charity shortly
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The Lori investigation also found that over a ten-year period, Bransfield gave a total of $ 350,000 in cash gifts to other Catholic clerics, "including young priests he is accused of mistreating and more than a dozen cardinals in the United States and at the Vatican." Bransfield wrote the checks from
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In early August 2020, Brennan indicated that Bransfield was not responding to him and had failed to apologize or respond to the restitution directive of November 2019. Later in August 2020, the Vatican approved a reduced restitution package; Bransfield wrote a letter of apology that took no direct
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banned Bransfield from residing in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and ordered him not to “preside or to participate anywhere in any public celebration of the Liturgy," thus barring him from engaging in public ministry within the Catholic Church. Church leaders—some of whom had previously
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adults were "credible". The report stated: "The team uncovered a consistent pattern of sexual innuendo, and overt suggestive comments and actions toward those over whom the former bishop exercised authority," specifically seminarians and young priests. According to a diocesan spokesman, the
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On August 15, 2021, Bransfield issued a statement apologizing for his actions. Bishop Brennan in September has this comment about the apology: "For my part, I found his apology self-serving and lacking in any recognition of, or contrition for, actually having offended people."
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In March 2019, following the delivery of the investigators' report, Lori removed Bransfield from "any priestly or episcopal ministry either within the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston or within the Archdiocese of Baltimore" pending review of the report by the
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Beginning in 2012, multiple parishioners in Bransfield's diocese complained to church authorities in the United States and the Vatican that Bransfield was engaged in financial abuses, but these complaints were not acted upon. Archbishop Lori, Archbishop
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his personal account, and the diocese reimbursed him for the value of the gifts. The gifts came in the form of at least 565 checks made out to the clerics by name. The Lori report also found that Bransfield, along with several subordinates, spent:
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After Bransfield resigned, Pope Francis directed Archbishop Lori to conduct an investigation into allegations that Bransfield sexually harassed adults. The investigation was prompted by an August 2018 letter to Lori from Monsignor Kevin Quirk, a
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reported that police were investigating an allegation that Bransfield molested a 9-year-old girl during a September 2012 pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston was
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Bransfield denied the findings of the Lori report, but provided no details to corroborate his denial. In a July 2019 interview, he argued that his financial decisions as bishop were justified and approved by diocesan financial officials.
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Brennan also revoked some of Bransfield's retirement benefits and barred him from burial in the diocesan cemetery. Brennan's directive is believed to be a rare, perhaps unprecedented, example of a bishop being ordered to pay restitution.
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of $ 792,638 to the diocese and to issue an apology "for the severe emotional and spiritual harm his actions caused" to his victims and to the diocese. Brennan also directed Bransfield to pay $ 110,000 in unpaid taxes to the
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for Bransfield sued the Wheeling-Charleston Catholic Diocese, alleging that Bransfield had sexually harassed him for years and sexually assaulted him in 2014. The suit was settled on confidential terms in August 2019.
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were not left alone with Bransfield. The report did not name the complainants; Lori said that information was withheld "due to privacy concerns and at the request of those who alleged harassment by Bishop Bransfield."
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of adults and financial improprieties" leveled against him. The report found that the accusations of sexual harassment were credible and detailed Bransfield's diversion of diocesan funds to support a lavish lifestyle.
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The Lori report "recommended Bransfield be stripped of powers as bishop, removed from ministry and forced to pay restitution" and also recommended that Bransfield's three top aides be removed from office.
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Between 2005 and 2018, Bransfield had paid $ 350,000 to clergy in the United States and in the Vatican in what an aide described as an effort to "purchase influence". In July 2019, after the
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investigation "found that no criminal activity was undertaken", and the Lori report was not submitted to law enforcement. Lori stated that "the investigation found no conclusive evidence of
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who accused Bransfield of sexual harassment. As of August 2020, one of the two sex abuse lawsuits filed against Bransfield was still ongoing, while the other was settled out of court.
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In July 2019, Pope Francis banned Bransfield from living in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and forbid him from presiding over or participating "in any public celebration of
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priests, one charged with attempted rape and the other with failing to report sexual abuse. Bransfield was not charged with a crime, and denied ever sexually abusing anyone.
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As a bishop, Bransfield was elected president of The Papal Foundation, a Catholic nonprofit organization that distributes funds to charitable organizations. Within the
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Pope Francis also directed that Bransfield's replacement as bishop determine how Bransfield should "make personal amends" for his actions. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop
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On December 9, 2004, John Paul II appointed Bransfield as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. He was consecrated on February 22, 2005, by Cardinal
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When he turned 75 in September 2018, Bransfield submitted his resignation to the pope as required by canon law. His resignation was immediately accepted by
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The vicar for clergy in the diocese reported that at least six clerical assistants to Bransfield "were broken by" their experiences working under him;
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received gifts from Bransfield—were criticized for failing to respond to initial complaints concerning Bransfield and for later weakening
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Sexual abuse complaints were raised against Bransfield when he was a teacher at Lansdale High School and rector of the Basilica
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The diocese said it would reimburse the costs of mental health assistance for "known victims" of Bransfield. Lori, as
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of the diocese. At the time of Bransfield's resignation, he was described as an associate of McCarrick.
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In 2019, the five lay investigators overseen by Lori submitted a 60-page report on Bransfield to the
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The Lori report found that the diocese financial board was "extremely passive" and lacked adequate
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and top aide to Bransfield. In the letter, Quirk alleged that Bransfield had engaged in drug and
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against the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and Bransfield, alleging violations of West Virginia
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and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He held membership in the
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Explainer: How could Bishop Bransfield misuse funds for years without raising red flags?
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for documents in connection with the investigation. Bransfield denied the allegation.
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In interview with investigators, Bransfield denied engaging in any sexual misconduct.
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Committee on Budget and Finance of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and the chairman of its religion department. In 1987,
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The Lori investigative team determined that the allegations that Bransfield had
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After Bransfield retired in 2018, a church investigation led by Archbishop
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In September 2019, a second sex-abuse lawsuit was filed in state court in
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reported that Bransfield had been accused of sexual abuse of a boy in the
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Boburg, Shawn; O'Harrow Jr., Robert; Harlan, Chico (December 26, 2019).
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One of Bransfield's other changes was that, as head of the board of the
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Boorstein, Michelle; Bailey, Sarah Pulliam; Jackman, Tom (2019-03-19).
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As bishop, Bransfield abused alcohol and prescription drugs, including
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Boburg, Shawn; Jr, Robert O'Harrow; Boorstein, Michelle (2019-12-23).
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Boorstein, Michelle; Boburg, Shawn; Jr, Robert O'Harrow (2019-06-06).
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reported the opposite conclusion, stating that the report reads:
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with minors by the former bishop during its investigation." The
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Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston
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in Washington, D.C. He was later a teacher and chaplain at
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In November 2019, Bishop Brennan ordered Bransfield to pay
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Bransfield was a member of the boards of trustees of the
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O'Harrow Jr., Robert; Boburg, Shawn (October 26, 2019).
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Bransfield was named assistant director and director of
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and five lay experts examined "multiple allegations of
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Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston in late July 2019, and
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Michael Bransfield was born on September 8, 1943, in
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St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, Huntington
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Hallahan Catholic Girls 1845:Pitts, Johnathan (2019-07-23). 825:The diocese was organized as a 785:against Bransfield by a former 642:at the Vatican; and Archbishop 634:to the United States; Cardinal 3285:St. James High School for Boys 3280:Cardinal Dougherty High School 2472:Good Shepherd Church, Coalburg 1969:McElhinny, Brad (2020-08-20). 1547:McElhinny, Brad (2019-12-24). 1449:. NBC News. September 13, 2018 1343:"Rinunce e nomine, 13.09.2018" 1230:"Rinunce e Nomine, 09.12.2004" 1153:"Bishop Michael J. Bransfield" 894:Comins, Linda (July 6, 2019). 342:Catholic University of America 332:to the priesthood by Cardinal 265:Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston 1: 3049:St. Charles Borromeo Seminary 2995:St. Thomas the Apostle Church 2240:Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston 687:." 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Index

His Excellency
The Most Reverend
Baltimore
Wheeling-Charleston
Bernard William Schmitt
Mark E. Brennan
Rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
John Krol
William Henry Keeler
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Reference style
His Excellency
The Most Reverend
Your Excellency
Bishop
prelate
Roman Catholic Church
bishop
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
William E. Lori
sexual harassment
Pope Francis
restitution
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Philosophy
Master of Divinity
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
ordained
John Krol

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