Third Accusation of Sex Abuse Surfaces Against Ex-Cardinal McCarrick
The Vatican is now investigating three separate charges of homosexual abuse against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the latest of which was reported less than three months ago and has just become public.
Though details surrounding the case remain scarce since the alleged victim has chosen to remain anonymous, the man is reportedly in his forties, and the alleged abuse would have taken place when he was a minor.
The online Catholic news outlet Crux broke the story Saturday, noting that as with the case of another of McCarrick’s accusers, James Grein, the latest alleged victim was known to McCarrick through close family friends.
In late December, the Associated Press (AP) released a series of graphic details from Mr. Grein’s testimony against McCarrick, alleging sexual abuse spanning many years beginning when Grein was a boy of 11.
According to Grein’s lawyer, Patrick Noaker, Grein offered “chilling” details about repeated incidents of groping during the sacrament of confession, adding further gravity to the original charges of sexually abusing a minor.
McCarrick’s third alleged victim, a former altar boy at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, reported two incidents of abuse dating back to 1971 and 1972, claims that were substantiated by an archdiocesan review board last June.
Although these three are the only individuals so far to report having suffered abuse as minors, a number of others have accused the former cardinal of homosexual abuse and harassment occurring when they were over the age of 16.
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