West Virginia Diocese Wants $792K From Disgraced Bishop Michael J. Bransfield

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s Roman Catholic diocese wants a former bishop to pay it more than three-quarters of a million dollars after a series of alleged sexual and financial scandals.
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Mark E. Brennan on Tuesday detailed a “plan of amends” presented to former Bishop Michael J. Bransfield at the request of Pope Francis.
The plan calls for Bransfield to pay the church $792,638 in financial restitution and apologize to those