Wisconsin sexual abuse case against defrocked Cardinal McCarrick suspended
Madison, Wisconsin, US AP A Wisconsin judge suspended charges against defrocked Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, accused of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s, ruling last week that the former cleric is incompetent for trial because of dementia. The decision will be reviewed at the end of the year, according to court records. Former Washington Archbishop […]
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sex abuse
Madison, Wisconsin, US AP/Report for America The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show. A criminal complaint filed on Friday alleges that Theodore McCarrick, who was removed from […]
Lawsuit: Defrocked US Cardinal McCarrick abused man in 1980s
AP Three sex abuse lawsuits filed against a New Jersey diocese and announced Thursday include claims that defrocked US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a young man in the 1980s. The lawsuit accuses McCarrick of sexual battery against the man, who was in his late teens and early 20s when McCarrick was Bishop of the Diocese […]
Former Australian Catholic archbishop has conviction for failing to report abuse overturned
The former Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, has had his conviction for failing to report child sexual abuse allegations overturned. The 68-year-old former archbishop became the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of such an offence in May this year. He was sentenced to 12 months detention in July which he […]