Cardinal who led in Catholic-Jewish relations dies at age 86
William Henry Keeler, a Roman Catholic cardinal known for ecumenical and interfaith engagement and for his responsible handling of the sexual abuse crisis, died March 23 at age 86 in Catonsville, Maryland.
Keeler was archbishop of Baltimore from 1989 until his retirement in 2007, and from 1992 to 1995 served as elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
He received the praise of survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their advocates for being one of the earliest bishops to publicly release the names of priests who were “credibly accused,” according to the Catholic Review of Baltimore, one of the places the 57 names were published.
