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 […]
Vatican ponders priesthood amid abuse research, revelations
Vatican CityAP The Vatican this week is hosting a three-day symposium on the Catholic priesthood amid renewed public attention on clergy sex abuse scandals and fresh research into the abuses of priestly power that harm both children and adults. Pope Francis opens the symposium Thursday, and no fewer than a half-dozen Vatican cardinals are scheduled […]
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 […]
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in sex assault
Dedham, Massachusetts, USAP Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful American prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts nearly 50 years ago. McCarrick, 91, wore a mask and entered suburban Boston’s Dedham District Court hunched […]
Essay: New survey shows most Catholics have no idea who Cardinal McCarrick is. That’s a problem.
KERRY WEBER, an executive editor at US Catholic publication ‘America’, writes about why the fact most US Catholics don’t know who former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a problem…
Pope, with new cardinals, warns church against mediocrity
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis, joined by the church’s newest cardinals in Mass on Sunday, warned against mediocrity as well as seeking out “godfathers” to promote one’s own career. Eleven of the 13 new cardinals sat near the central altar of St Peter’s Basilica, where Francis on Saturday had bestowed upon them the red hats symbolising […]
Alleging sex abuse, four sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick
New York City, USAP 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. The lawsuit was filed […]
McCarrick scandal, pandemic pose challenges for US bishops
AP Meeting online rather than in person, America’s Catholic bishops worried Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is testing people’s faith and wrestled with how to respond to a Vatican report detailing the serial sexual misconduct of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. “People’s faith in God has been shaken” by the pandemic, said Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, […]
McCarrick report shifts views of Pope John Paul II in a polarised Catholic Church
Vatican CityRNS For more than a week at the end of October, massive demonstrations swamped the streets of major cities in Poland as women marched against a court decision increasing abortion restrictions in the country. The demonstrators, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of being a partner with Poland’s increasingly authoritarian conservative government, also showed their anger by […]
Essay: Five things Pope Francis should do while imprisoned by the pandemic
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an artcile first published on Religion News Service, looks at five possible ways Pope Francis could be occupying his time while confined to the Vatican during the coronavirus pandemic…