Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Archives

Report says McCarrick fund gave more than $600,000 to clerics, two popes

Dec 27, 2019

Two popes and multiple priests, cardinals and archbishops received part of $600,000 in financial gifts from former Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who controlled a discretionary fund, according to a report published Dec. 27 by The Washington Post.

By Rhina Guidos

Ending pontifical secret a milestone, but there’s accountability beyond law

Dec 18, 2019

For most American Catholics, the unfinished business of the abuse scandals isn’t cooperation with civil authorities, which, for the most part, has been a given for a couple of decades. It’s accountability for the cover-up as well as the crime.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Alleged victim sues Vatican, urges better protections for children

Dec 12, 2019

John Bellocchio, 37, who claims former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick abused him when he was a teenager, announced at a Dec. 9 news conference the he is suing the Vatican and demanding “sweeping child protection changes.”

By Catholic News Service

O’Malley: Vatican may ‘soon’ release details of McCarrick investigation

Nov 12, 2019

In a brief presentation Nov. 11 to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley told the bishops gathered in Baltimore the Vatican may publish what it knows about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick by Christmas, or perhaps the New Year.

By Rhina Guidos

Seton Hall investigation finds McCarrick harassed seminarians

Sep 5, 2019

A yearlong investigation by Seton Hall University confirmed that Theodore McCarrick, the laicized cardinal who had been archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000, had sexually harassed seminarians during his tenure as head of the archdiocese.

By Catholic News Service

Laicized former cardinal McCarrick continues to deny abuse allegations

Sep 4, 2019

Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington who was laicized last February following a Vatican trial on sexual abuse charges leveled against him, continued to deny he had abused anyone in an August interview with the online journal Slate.

By Mark Pattison