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Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington is pictured in an undated photo. Addressing the crisis that the Catholic Church is facing following this summer's revelations of clergy sexual abuse, Wuerl at a Sept. 2 Mass at Annunciation Parish in Washington said moving forward and purifying the church will require "wider lay engagement, more realized accountability and evident transparency." (CNS/Catholic Standard/Jaclyn Lippelmann)