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Two arrested for arson in destruction of St. Colman Church in...

SHADY SPRING, W.Va. -- More than two weeks after a 145-year-old Catholic church near Shady Spring was destroyed by fire, law enforcement officials announced...

Bishop Michael Bransfield repays diocese, publicly apologizes to West Virginia Catholics

WHEELING, W.Va. — Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, former head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, was told to publicly apologize to West Virginia Catholics and...

Allegations of sex, alcohol abuse detailed in Bishop Michael Bransfield report

WASHINGTON -- A national newspaper published a document that, it says, is a copy of a report now in the hands of the Vatican,...

West Virginia bishop seeks ‘amends for harm’ to church by predecessor

WHEELING, W.Va. — Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston told Catholics in the statewide diocese he was working to have his predecessor “make amends...

Bishop Mark E. Brennan welcomed to Wheeling-Charleston as ‘man of the...

WHEELING, W.Va. -- People from around the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston already have a good feeling about their new shepherd, Bishop Mark E. Brennan, who...

Poverty, opioid crisis, need for healing among issues awaiting bishop

BALTIMORE — Bishop Mark E. Brennan, named by Pope Francis July 23 as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, acknowledged...

Auxiliary Bishop Mark Brennan of Baltimore named bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, W....

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Baltimore to head the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia. A native of Boston,...

Audit firm, other financial controls announced for Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

BALTIMORE -- The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, has selected a new external auditor as part of the progress that has been made since...

Washington Post report claims church leaders long knew about Bishop Bransfield...

WASHINGTON  -- A recent newspaper report details claims that senior church leaders in the United States knew as far back as 2012 about complaints...

West Virginia attorney general brings lawsuit against diocese, Bishop Bransfield

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The attorney general of West Virginia has brought a civil suit against the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and its former bishop,...

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