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NOW REMEMBER: The point to this Wuerl-of-Hurt site was to inform you that the cult-of-personality ... super-hero ... propaganda published about Donald Wuerl was a continuum of falsehoods ---
--- that Wuerl's image was nothing more than the old Stalin-like abuse of power & privilege. In as much, Stalin was made out to be the Father of Nations, when he was merely a wholescale criminal, eventually condemned by Nikita Khrushchev. Then came the 2018 Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report ...
... twelve years after my first reporting of Wuerl's corruption which was never reported in any mainstream media venue and which was never turned into any type of Vatican investigation, even though the Vatican received the allegations against Wuerl ... with evidentiary support more than once. In fact, on one occasion part of this site's paperwork was hand-delivered to then-Cardinal Ratzinger.
Even though Ratzinger knew of the corruption of Wuerl, he appointed Wuerl as cardinal. But of course, Ratzinger's butler, while Ratzinger was Benedict XVI, revealed the Ratzinger papacy as one of the most corrupt papacies ever.
This site was meant to keep you from being deceived into thinking that you had to follow Wuerl, in his violations of Catholic Moral Theology and in him writing-off pivotal element of 2,000 year old
unchangeable Church doctrine which literally traces itself back to Peter & Paul.
This site was set forth, to level the playing field ... to equalize ... to free you from the hypnotic trance that media proponents held on you.
Let's review:
The quickest summary is that the FIVE priests COVERED-UP by Wuerl, in his first year as bishop of Pittsburgh were ======>
FATHERS:
1} John Hoehl whom Donald Wuerl personally reinstated into ministryand kept in ministry, even after the so-called "enlightening" dinner that Wuerl had with the family of two lads molested by the three priests mentioned below.
Wuerl reinstated Hoehl and kept him in chaplaincy ministry until the indictments of Frs. Wolk, Zula, and Pucci. Then, Wuerl dropped Hoehl like a very hot potato. If Wuerl were to have kept Hoehl in ministry --- Wuerl would have been inviting a grand jury inquest. Twenty-eight years later, that Grand Jury was finally convened.
2} Robert Wolk (ordained the same year as was Wuerl, thereby indicating that he was Wuerl's classmate.) Ann Rodgers falsely claimed that Wolk was removed "just as Wuerl became bishop." The truth is that
Anthony Bevilacqua placed Wolk on administrative leave, long before Wuerl replaced Bevilacqua. Donald Wuerl was positioning to reinstate Wolk, as he already reinstated Hoehl.
3} Richard "Sade" Zula who did practice Sadism on at least one male youth, This was the only known priest Wuerl was NOT going to reinstate into any type of ministry.
Now, Wuerl has been proven to be lacking in a sense of justice, but he drew a line in the proverbial sand when it came to Sadism. So, Zula was removed from ministry.
Wuerl hid the knowledge of Zula's crimes from law enforcement, despite the Child Protective Services Act. He simply let Zula go about his life. When it came time for DA John C. Pettit of Washington County PA to process Zula's indictment, no one at the Diocese of Pittsburgh knew where Zula was ... so they claimed.
4} Fr. Francis Pucci. He was not laicized or removed from ministry. Rather, he was allowed to conduct the Mass and perhaps Divine Office with a religious order of sisters.
Pucci was indicted, but his indictment was dismissed on the statute of limitations defense. Therefore, Pucci remained on the diocesan payroll. In fact, even the criminal convict, Richard Dorsch, was on the payroll, after his conviction.
In Catholic Canon Law, even criminal priests, after prison time, must be financially supported by their bishops. A bishop does NOT have to reassign a criminal priest who completed a jail sentence. But, he does have to sustain such a priest. Such a thing can keep the priest out of trouble and on a proverbial chain, by which, if he offends again, he's in even bigger trouble than previously.
5} George Zirwas, accomplice of Wolk, Zula, and Pucci. He was not indicted with them. He found his way to Cuba, after a number of sexual aggression accusations were made against him.
While in Cuba, he informed Wuerl that he knew of criminal priests in Wuerl's dioceses and that he (Zirwas) was willing to keep silent about it for a price. Wuerl informed Zirwas that he was to either send the names of the priests or a letter categorically stating that he (Zirwas) knew of no criminal conduct among Pittsburgh priests.
Zirwas sent the Sgt Shultz I-Know-Nothing letter. After that letter was received by Wuerl, Wuerl gave Zirwas a financial bonus.
Zirwas lead the Sodom & Gomorrah lifestyle in Cuba to the extreme.
He was killed by a male prostitute who injected animal tranquilizer into his neck. In response, Wuerl officiated at Zirwas' funeral and reinstated Zirwas to the level of full clerical investiture, all while giving Zirwas a saint's eulogy, even though Zirwas died while engaged in mortal sin up and until the point of time when Zirwas received his lethal injection.
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Ann Rodgers"-Melnick" was a Pittsburgh Post Gazette writer originally from California. Before going to Pittsburgh she worked in the Southwestern sector of Florida where major leaguers do their baseball Spring Training.
Even though She was never a Roman Catholic (or a member of any other rite of Catholicism,) she was given a job in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, as the director for Communications, as if no Catholic on Earth is good enough for the job.
Rodgers fully knew about the James Torquato Retaliations and remained silent about his retaliations. In fact, during the infamous 2002 media rampage on clergy sex abuse, she wrote that, as far back as Wuerl's very first year as bishop of Pittsburgh, he announced a Zero Tolerance Policy, where no priest accused of sexually abusing a minor could ever go back into ministry.
That was a complete falsehood, supported by the evidence of him returning to ministry Frs. John Hoehl and Edward Huff, as well as Ernest Paone who Wuerl willingly transferred to California and then Las Vegas.
Concerning her proven lies, the first one she told the public was that the tiny Donald Wuerl was an ascetic 5'11." The truth is that Wuerl is as short in height as was the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua --- between 5'4 to 5'6." It's simply that Wuerl knew about elevator shoes.
Concerning this, I received a polite phone call from the late George Neumayr, while Neumayr was in Washington, stating that Wuerl stands 5'9" to 5'10." Wuerl even had Neumayr fooled --- thanks to elevator shoes.
Incidentally, George Neumayr died from Malaria, in the Ivory Coast, from Malaria, in 2023 ... during the Biden/Harris years. That administration did not care about protecting human life. They only cared about consolidating power, in a sneaky dictatorial way, while posing as "civil right democrats." Thus, there was no health financing agreement between the USA and the Ivory Coast, during Biden's autopen presidency.
It was the Trump Administration ... in 2025 ... who developed a very charitable health financing agreement. If Biden's People and the mainstream media didn't rig the 2020 election, by lying to the American People, George Neumayr would still be alive ... and he would still be aggravating me. The two of us were NOT on the same page.
Being that I was in Pittsburgh during Wuerl's tenure, and being that he walked up to me, I do know that he is tiny. He did NOT wear elevator shoes while in Pittsburgh. Others who met him also told me that he stood 5'4" to 5'5". One person described Wuerl as "scrawny." A very polite 5'4" woman said to me that Wuerl and her stood "head to head," meaning at the same height.
I know of Wuerl's height and Anthony Bevilacqua's height from a point-blank range personal experience (while standing next to them, in public forum.). In fact, I was surprised to find out how tiny Wuerl was as he approached me, once upon a time. This is because he was made out to be this superior godlike man of masculine stature.
The Donald Wuerl who approached me was exactly like a certain flaming homosexual theater major who would occasionally buzz around our click and take with him one of the guys in the clique who happened to be the son of a certain lieutenant governor ... at the time. I remember being shocked to find out that Wuerl was a ... uhm ... a ... flamer; and a very unfriendly flamer, at that.
The bottom line is that you cannot instantly trust as true anything written by Ann Rodgers. But, for the most part, Rodgers used sleight of hand semantics, (as opposed to outright lying) in her deceiving of the common American man & woman via the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
We now adjourn to the original article:
Donald Wuerl was installed bishop of Pittsburgh on February 12, 1988. It only took eight months thereafter for the Diocese of Pittsburgh to become one of the first dioceses in America to be 'scathed' in what was to become a nationwide Watergate of perversity. Wuerl was caught performing a triple cover-up, and the practice of sadomasochism was one of the acts which transpired within a trio of clergy members whom Wuerl unsuccessfully concealed from law enforcement authorities. Incidentally, Pgh is the abbreviation of Pittsburgh
Always keep in mind that the only reason why Wuerl was one of the first bishops to announce a zero tolerance policy was because he was one of the very first of American bishops caught red-handed in performing multiple and simultaneous cover-ups which included John Hoehl as Wuerl's fourth simultaneous cover-up.
Wuerl expressly put Hoehl back into ministry and immediately took Hoehl out of the ministry line-up after DA John C. Pettit publicly announced that Wuerl and his personnel were uncooperative during the criminal investigation which resulted in the indictments of Wolk, Zula, and Pucci.
In as much, Wuerl had to put on airs and display a very fake facade, in announcing a zero tolerance policy which he did NOT observe in his subsequent cover-up of Frs. Edward Huff and James Torquato. Wuerl is a liar by his actions. Such as a person known as a hypocrite. Wuerl also chooses which Catholic doctrine to observe and which one to violate. Such a person is known as a heretic.
Concerning Wolk, Zula, and Pucci:
A member of the criminal trio was an assistant chancellor of Wuerl's diocese, as well as a canon lawyer. This factor alone showed motive for proceeding with an intentional cover-up. In fact, Wuerl vehemently defended his cover-up of Wolk, in news print, claimed that the cover-up wasn't a cover-up. Wuerl has been a liar from the beginning.
The Sex Abuse Casualties
The casualties were two altar boys of the same family. They were brothers. The years of molestation occurred from 1981 to 1987. In addition to the three indicted priests, there was a fourth alleged assailant reported to one of the three prosecuting district attorneys. He was a layman. Furthermore, there was a fourth diocesan priest implicated, but only in his capacity as a probable accomplice; as a silent person who reported nothing to anyone.
Concerning this priest, he either allowed criminal conduct to transpire in a ski lodge suite where he was staying or else he was clueless to what was transpiring there. Nothing was established other than he was at the scene of the crime, going into his room, while a criminal priest was taking his altar boy into another one.
This fourth Pittsburgh diocesan priest, incidentally, was strangled to death in Havana Cuba in 2001, after having been on administrative leave since 1996. A source informed me that Wuerl, himself, officiated as his funeral ... so stated the source.
While in Cuba, this priest was openly homosexual and was said to have "helped his visiting friends find sexual partners while they stayed in Havana." He was the tragic Fr. George Zirwas, and at this point in the narration you should be at the first stage in realizing that Lord Byron was more correct than he was mistaken when he stated that the truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
Wuerl's unholy trinity
The indicted priests were Robert Wolk, Francis Pucci, and Richard "Sade" Zula. Wolk was the assistant chancellor and Zula was nicknamed after the Marquis de Sade. All three priests were charged and arraigned in Washington County, PA. It's a county which touches the southwestern border of the Allegheny County where within sits Pittsburgh.
Furthermore, Richard Zula was also arraigned east of Pittsburgh, in Somerset County. Robert Wolk was indicted in Allegheny County, as well as in Washington County. In fact, he was the first one to surrender himself to the police. Incidentally, the Diocese of Pittsburgh comprises the six most Southwestern counties of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, at last count, has sixty-seven counties.
The front page of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's November 11 edition of that year gives light on how involved the criminal investigation was:
"Moreover, authorities said their investigation had uncovered evidence of similar offenses involving one of the priests that occurred elsewhere in southwestern Pennsylvania and Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and Canada. Authorities in the jurisdictions have been contacted."
This shows that the matter was not taken lightly by law enforcement officials. In fact, the district attorney of Washington County prophetically stated, "We would be sticking our heads in the sand to believe these are the only three cases."
Zula had 138 criminal counts filed against him in Washington County, alone. However, a plea bargain reduced the counts to only two. In sequence, Zula also plead guilty in Somerset County. Now, as far as went Wolk, he plead guilty in Allegheny and Washington counties.
Pucci's case, on the other hand, was dismissed due to the two year statute of limitations expiring on two types of criminal charges. It expired approximately four months prior to his indictment. He was indicted under the assumption that the time-keeping for the two year limit had frozen during the time Pucci was outside of Pennsylvania, in a Maryland psychiatric facility.
None the less, conspiracy charges remained open for Pucci, and that particular crime had a five year limitation. Despite this, Pucci's case was eventually dismissed.
Take note that, during the nationwide sex abuse scandal, priest after abusive priest was sent to a psychiatric facility, as if each one were an unaccountable victim of mental illness. Now, there is a difference between mental illness and sin.
If a person is insane, then he is without malice in a materially harmful act, even though each member of society has the right to be made safe from such a harmful person. However, deception and manipulation, as much as scheming and concealing, were committed by priest after abusive priest, and such acts are elements of malice; not mental illness.
In addition, these priests were described as having "compulsions" that required psychiatric treatment. In the Catholic vernacular, such compulsions are known as temptations.
Wuerl and His Personnel: Uncooperative During the 1988 Investigation
The Washington County district attorney announced that Wuerl's diocese engaged in "foot dragging" throughout the criminal investigation. The DA was either irked or incensed by the Pittsburgh diocese's lack of cooperation, calling it "minimal at best." His quote on the topic goes as follows: "It was not the spirit of cooperation we would like to see." Of course, "foot dragging" is a polite way of saying "stonewalling" which, in turn, is a polite way of saying "a step away from obstruction of justice charges."
Wuerl had pushed his luck to the limit. Being that he was caught performing a triple cover-up, and being that he was accused of having impeded a criminal investigation via stonewalling, he had no other choice than to strike the pose of a strict disciplinarian. This shows that Wuerl was not not not the caring and concerned bishop that he was made out to be by the 21st Century media. Rather, he was a chameleon, looking out for himself. He changed colors according to the changes in the political climate. In fact, he originally presented himself as a "liberal." He was then paraded around as a "conservative." Wuerl has shown himself to be out for himself. The following mainstream media newspaper links provide the evidence:
Photocopy of Cleveland Plain Dealer Article which mentions the existence of a fourth predator in the same Pittsburgh diocesan molestation ring:
The New York Times Report on the Triple Cover-up:
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/13/us/3-pennsylvania-priests-accused-of-molesting.html
Photocopy of the San Antonio Express-News Report:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4118/1032/1600/Wuerl%20San%20Antonio%20Express.jpg
Photocopy of the Report found in the Lewiston Daily Sun:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9eYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7WQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475,2371591&dq=zula+barn+parked +car+pettit+resort&hl=en
Photocopy of the Nashua Telegraph's Report on the Cover-up:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvglAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=
5495,3148582&hl=en
The Associated Press News Report on Wuerl's Triple Cover-up:
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news/1988_11_11_AP_ThreePriests_Francis_Pucci_etc_2.htm
Photocopy of the Bryan Times Report, with D.A.'s Additional Statement:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tQYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=
jlEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5427,4088961&dq=wolk+arrested+
pittsburgh+zula+pucci
Donald Wuerl: A Coast to Coast Disgrace
News of Wuerl's triple cover-up made its way from coast to coast, via:
- the New York Times, - the Saint Petersburg Times,
- the Philadelphia Inquirer, - the Philadelphia Daily News,
- the Cleveland Plain Dealer, - the Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
- Maine's Lewiston Daily Sun, - the San Jose Mercury News,
- Pennsylvania's Reading Eagle, - the San Antonio Express-News,
- California's Lodi News-Sentinel, - the now defunct Pittsburgh Press,
- Northwestern Ohio's Bryan Times, - Oregon's Eugene Register-Guard,
- New Hampshire's Nashua Telegraph, - South Carolina's Rock Hill Herald.
From as far west as California's San Andreas Fault line, to as far east as the
New York metro area, Donald William Wuerl became an early chapter in the
Vatican II church's sex abuse history. From as far south as the Florida Gulf
Coast, to as far north as Maine, Wuerl's diocese had already proven itself to
be what best selling author Malachi Martin would later say it was: "... one
of the most pathetic dioceses in the United States."
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/1988_10_11_Mullan_EditorsNote_Robert_Wolk_1.htm
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mYMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=
b2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2329,10275422&hl=en
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/1989_05_23_UnitedPressInternational_Richard_Zula_3.htm
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ARlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2XcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4517,3545671&dq=zula+diocese+wuerl&hl=en
Concerning George Zirwas:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FFAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5379,202749&dq=george+zirwas+pittsburgh+cuba&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FNBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XYIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1312,127061&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=77AaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fjAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5477,1539593&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bc00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KSEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3062,4367236&hl=en
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