McCarrick report Archives

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