Report on the Meeting of Cardinal Wuerl and Bishop Moyer

In response to an invitation by His Eminence, Donald Cardinal Wuerl (Delegate of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Implementation of Anglicanorum coetibus in the United States, and Chairman of the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for the Implementation of Anglicanorum coetibus), Bishop David Moyer (A.C.A. Bishop in charge of the Patrimony of the Primate) was received by Cardinal Wuerl this afternoon in Washington, D.C. The meeting between Cardinal Wuerl and Bishop Moyer also was attended by Fr. Scott Hurd.

Cardinal Wuerl stated that he will be making a major presentation to the USCCB this coming June in Seattle, Washington, on the status of the implementation of the Personal Ordinariate for the United States.

Clergy dossiers are being received at this time for submission to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Bishop Moyer reported that he was very encouraged and hopeful for the future prospect of the Ordinariate for the United States as a result of the meeting this afternoon.

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