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An only child, McCarrick was born into an Irish American family in New York City to Theodore E. and Margaret T. (née McLaughlin) McCarrick. [16] His father was a ship captain who died from tuberculosis when McCarrick was three years old, [17] and his mother then worked at an automobile parts factory in The Bronx. [18]
McCarrick is the only U.S. Catholic cardinal, current or former, ever to be criminally charged with child sex crimes. More: Theodore McCarrick, age 93, ruled not competent to stand trial on teen ...
Pope John Paul II knew about sexual misconduct allegations against disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick years before he was removed from priesthood, according to a new report released Tuesday ...
Four accusers of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick have filed a lawsuit against the Vatican, arguing it should be held liable for allowing the now-disgraced cleric to serve in multiple positions ...
Archbishop McCarrick in June 2006. To replace McCarrick, John Paul II selected Bishop John J. Myers of the Diocese of Peoria in 2001. [43] Later that year, Myers banned eulogies at funeral masses in the archdiocese, saying that some eulogies were inappropriate and too long. After pushback from parishioners, he reversed himself. [44]
According to a Vatican report published on 10 November 2020, Pope John Paul II appointed archbishop of Newark Theodore McCarrick to archbishop of Washington, D.C., in November 2000 and promoted him to cardinal in 2001, even though he had received warnings in 1999 that McCarrick was rumoured to have committed sexual misconduct with underage boys ...
The church has confirmed it made financial settlements with adults who accused McCarrick of sexual misconduct. The cardinal retired in 2006 but continued to be active in political circles until he ...
In August 2018, Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to the United States, released a letter accusing several high-ranking prelates, including Pope Francis, of covering up allegations of sexual abuse against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and calling on those responsible, including Francis, to resign. Strickland stated that he ...