Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen

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Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults and children, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974.

McCarrick is the first cardinal in the U.S. to ever be criminally charged with a sexual crime against a minor, according to Mitchell Garabedian, a well-known lawyer for church sexual abuse victims who is representing the man alleging the abuse by McCarrick.

The man said that during his brother’s wedding reception at Wellesley College in June 1974 — when he was 16 — McCarrick told him that his father wanted him to have a talk with McCarrick because the boy was “being mischievous at home and not attending church.” The man also described other instances of sexual abuse by McCarrick over the years, including when the man was an adult, the report said.

The case created a credibility crisis for the church since the Vatican had reports from authoritative cardinals dating to 1999 that McCarrick’s behavior was problematic, yet he became an influential cardinal, kingmaker and emissary of the Holy See’s “soft diplomacy.”that found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct.

McCarrick, who now lives in Missouri, has been ordered to appear in Massachusetts for his arraignment on Sept. 3. The hearing was originally scheduled for Aug. 26.

 

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Another Felonious Monk

Not in JAIL still..!?!? WhitePrivilege is real....

Still in denial as he still insists he is innocent. He should’ve been in prison decades ago. You can’t pray the evil away.

Catholic church must just allow its priests to marry

If the Vatican had confirmed his history of molestation, why isn’t he in jail?

The enablers should be prosecuted as well. I mean, they do that automaton reality. Why should a clothed man be allowed to protect another who’s guilty Aiding and abetting is the same no matter what they wear.

Nineteen-seventy-fuckin-four!

The Catholic Cult. That's exactly what it is.

The damage he’s done is heartbreaking.

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Damn shame.

1974. My family fled church abuse in 1971. Cult still goes on.

In G(?) We trust....with your children? We have thousands of unmarked graves in Canada.

Better late than never I suppose

Shame on you and ALL your enablers…SHAME

So there’s a 40 year standard? We all know these pedophiles are being protected by the Catholic Church. It’s time to send teams in to bring them to justice. I have zero respect for pedophiles and those who enable them.

I AM DESPERATELY BEGGING GOD FOR HELP AT THIS POINT!!!! We are about to lose what little we do have, we desperately need to get a reliable replacement car asap and get caught up on expenses anything helps at this point! God Bless you all!!!

Only took 47yrs?

boston has the same problem. AGAIN!!! Kim_Janey needs to stop the cover up.

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