McCarrick report Archives

Coronavirus, elections, and McCarrick dominate 2020 in U.S.

Dec 30, 2020

2020 in the United States, like the rest of the world, will always be synonymous with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s taken over 330,000 American lives to date, put millions out of work and single-handedly changed the way society lives and communicates.

That is, however, only one chapter in the story of the American Catholic Church in 2020.

By John Lavenburg

McCarrick report shows need to focus on survivors, panel says

Dec 11, 2020

In the aftermath of the Holy See’s report on laicized ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a clergy sex abuse survivor from Chile wants matters of clergy abuse to focus more on the survivors and less so on the episcopacy itself.

By John Lavenburg

Polish academics warn against ‘slandering’ John Paul II after McCarrick report

Dec 1, 2020

Nearly 1500 academics in Poland have written an appeal against “slandering and rejecting John Paul II” after the publication of the McCarrick report by the Vatican on November 10.

By Paulina Guzik

D.C. cardinal says Church, Biden have common ground on immigration, race relations

Nov 25, 2020

Speaking of the recent election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, Cardinal-designate Wilton Gregory of Washington, who will get a red hat from Pope Francis Saturday, has said that while the new administration certainly poses challenges for the Catholic Church, he believes there are also many points of convergence, including the fight against racism.

By Elise Ann Allen

Alleging sex abuse, 4 sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick

Nov 20, 2020

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 in New York and New Jersey when it knew of numerous allegations of sexual abuse against him.

By David Porter

Gregory: Report is ‘tragic chronicle’ of ‘devious’ churchman, church failures

Nov 19, 2020

Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said the Vatican’s report on former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is a “tragic chronicle” about that churchman’s “unconscionable human violation.”

By Mark Zimmermann, CNS

McCarrick report dominates first day of U.S. bishops’ meeting

Nov 17, 2020

A new virtual format left little room for dialogue at day one of the U.S. Bishops annual fall meeting, but for one 45-minute stretch more than a dozen bishops gave their takes on laicized ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

By John Lavenburg