This is huge:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/06/20/cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-former-archbishop-of-washington-has-been-removed-from-ministry-after-a-sex-abuse-allegation/

<<Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was removed from ministry Wednesday, when church officials announced that he has been credibly accused of sexually abusing a teenager — and that he had faced three earlier allegations of sexual misconduct with adults.

McCarrick, 87, is one of the highest-profile Catholic leaders to face the accusations of sexual assault that have dogged the church for more than 15 years, since McCarrick was the archbishop of Washington. His removal Wednesday was particularly shocking to many in the Washington Catholic community, since McCarrick himself helped shape many of the church’s policies for responding to the sexual abuse crisis.

The new accusation that prompted the church to remove him from ministry involves a teenager he allegedly abused almost 50 years ago, while he was a priest in New York. Additionally, Newark’s archbishop, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, and Metuchen’s bishop, James Checchio, said on Wednesday that McCarrick faced earlier allegations of sexual misconduct — with adults, not minors — that he committed when he was the leader of those dioceses decades ago. Two of the three allegations led to settlements, they said.>>