Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, facing sexual abuse reports, resigns from the College of Cardinals
Source: The Washington Post
By Julie Zauzmer
July 28 at 6:53 AM
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and longtime globe-trotting diplomat of the Catholic Church, resigned his position as a cardinal, the Vatican announced Saturday.
McCarrick, 88, was found by the church in June to be credibly accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly 50 years ago. Since then, additional reports of sexual abuse and harassment by the cardinal, over a span of decades, have been reported. The victims include one then-minor and three adults, who were young priests or seminarians when McCarrick allegedly abused them. Pope Francis ordered McCarrick to remain in seclusion, and in prayer, until a church trial considers further sanctions against him.
McCarrick is the highest ranked U.S. Catholic clergy member to ever be removed from ministry due to sexual abuse allegations.
In June, McCarrick was removed from ministry when a church review board found that he had been credibly accused of abusing a teenager early in his career, when he was a priest in New York. The youth was helping prepare for a Christmas service when McCarrick allegedly put his hands in the boys pants. When he was removed from ministry, McCarrick said he had no memory at all of that incident and he maintained his innocence, but accepted the Vaticans decision.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/07/28/cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-facing-sexual-abuse-reports-resigns-from-the-college-of-cardinals/
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Good thing it is not any Islamic religion, otherwise this epidemic of clergy abuse would be daily top news.
White privilge extends to their religions.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)With extreme sanction (You go to hell!), if possible.