VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II promoted ex-US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2000 despite rumours of his sexual misconduct, a Vatican report found, one of a series of failings by popes and officials who let him rise through the ranks regardless of repeated allegations against him.
The report said that"credible evidence" that the former archbishop of Washington, DC had abused minors when he was a priest in the 1970s did not surface until 2017. Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of the abuse tracking group BishopAccountability.org, called it"the most significant document on the abuse crisis to come from the Church," particularly the revelations about Pope John Paul.
On Aug 6, 2000, McCarrick wrote to Pope John Paul's private secretary to rebut the allegations made by Cardinal O'Connor.In November, 2000, Pope John Paul appointed McCarrick archbishop of Washington, DC, one of the most prestigious posts in the US Church. There, he hobnobbed with world leaders and shone as a star fund-raiser for the Church.
The Vatican, then under newly-elected Pope Benedict XVI, told McCarrick he should withdraw as bishop after it became aware of more information from a victim identified as"Priest 1", the report said.In 2008, three top Vatican officials suggested the pope approve a canonical investigation"to determine the truth and, if warranted, impose an 'exemplary measure'".
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