USCCB Gen Sec Resigns After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, former general secretary of the U.S. bishops' conference, announced his resignation Tuesday, after The Pillar found evidence the priest engaged in serial sexual misconduct, while he held a critical oversight role in the Catholic Church's response to the recent spate of sexual abuse and misconduct scandals. "It is with sadness that I inform you that Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill has resigned as General Secretary of the Conference," Archbishop Jose Gomez wrote July 20 in a memo to U.S. bishops.