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July 23, 2020

New accusation surfaces against former US prelate McCarrick

A firm that has filed previous legal complaints against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and Church entities added another complainant on 21st July against the defrocked prelate, levelling a new accusation that he allegedly abused its new client as a boy at a beach house in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in the early 1980s.  In a... Read More
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March 13, 2019

‘Scourge of abuse, internal attacks’ mark pope’s sixth year in office

Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on “those who came before us” in an attempt “to present ourselves as ‘pure’,” said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets. The Church today must ask God to free it from evil, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication. On the... Read More
Catholic Times, News – Vatican
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February 21, 2019

Georgetown University rescinds honorary degree from McCarrick

Georgetown University in Washington is the latest institution to announce it is rescinding an honorary degree it gave to former US Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick in 2004. The announcement comes days after the Vatican said it had found the former prelate guilty of abuses against minors and adults, stripping him of his clerical status. In... Read More
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February 18, 2019

McCarrick removed from the priesthood after being found guilty of abuse

Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. The Vatican announced the decision on 16th February, saying he was found guilty of “solicitation in the sacrament of Confession and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating... Read More
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October 8, 2018

Cardinal Ouellet responds to Archbishop Vigano on McCarrick case

Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumours about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. However, because they were only rumours and not proof, then-Pope Benedict XVI never imposed formal sanctions on the retired Washington... Read More
Catholic Times, News – Vatican, News – World
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October 8, 2018

Vatican reviewing McCarrick case, vows to pursue truth no matter what

Promising a thorough review of how the Vatican handled allegations of sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the Vatican acknowledged that what happened may fall short of the procedures that are in place today. “The Holy See is conscious that, from the examination of the facts and of the circumstances, it may emerge... Read More
Catholic Times, News – Vatican, News – World
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October 1, 2018

Former Washington Cardinal McCarrick now living in rural Kansas friary

The Archdiocese of Washington has announced that former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who was removed from ministry earlier this year after abuse allegations came to light, is now living in Kansas in a friary for Capuchin Franciscan friars. Archbishop McCarrick resides at St Fidelis Friary in the city of Victoria, the archdiocese said in a... Read More
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August 31, 2018

Fr Eugene O’Hagan: Pope Francis ‘listened…learned’ and ‘brought light and hope’

Fr Eugene O’Hagan, of The Priests, recounts the World Meeting of Families and last week’s papal visit to Ireland. On Tuesday 21st August people all over Ireland gathered in either their local church or diocesan Cathedral to mark and pray for all those taking part in the World Meeting of Families in Dublin. The papal... Read More
News – UK and Ireland, News – Vatican, News – World
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August 31, 2018

Bishops from Argentina join Spain and Peru in voicing support for pope

Bishops from three countries issued letters supporting Pope Francis in late August following fallout from allegations made by a former apostolic nuncio to the US, claiming that the pope and others knew about abuse allegations involving Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. In an introduction to the letter posted on 30th August on the Argentine bishops’ news... Read More
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August 3, 2018

Archbishop McCarrick allegations put ‘public inquiry’ on all bishops

Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette, who is chair of the bishops’ child and youth protection committee, said ‘general prayers and apologies are necessary, but not sufficient’ for victims of sexual abuse. The bishop, writing in a column for the 5th August issue of The Catholic Moment, diocesan newspaper of Lafayette, said it is important... Read More
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