>>2355103

"Francis on Saturday accepted McCarrick's resignation as cardinal, and imposed on him unprecedented penalties for a cardinal even before his canonical trial is completed, including living a lifetime of penance and prayer and living isolated from others.

It was apparently a little-kept secret that McCarrick, 88, invited seminarians to his beach house and into his bed, suggesting that some in the U.S. hierarchy knew of his misconduct but turned a blind eye. In addition, a group of concerned American Catholics travelled to the Vatican in 2000 to warn officials of McCarrick's penchant for young men, but he was appointed Washington archbishop and made a cardinal in 2001 regardless."

https://apnews.com/amp/eb96fb3a70b9415884c945711fb5b783?__twitter_impression=true

>>2355261

McCarrick was known for traveling the world as a negotiator on human rights, including serving on an advisory committee for the U.S. secretary of state during the Clinton administration and serving on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 1999 to 2001. He retired as archbishop of Washington at the mandatory age of 75 but continued a high-profile travel schedule as a major global figure in the church.

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/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5e90faafc0ea