Disgraced former Cardinal McCarrick dies at 94
He rose to power despite church officials’ knowledge of sexual-abuse accusations against him.
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McCarrick has passed age 94
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I wonder if he ever was in the state of grace
Fordham Christian Spirituality Professor C Colt Anderson on McCarrick:
“With Cardinal McCarrick's death, we lose one of the great villains of Roman Catholicism in the U.S.,”
but he went to confession and is forgiven! phew just in the nick of time.
The ramifications continue to this day. Incoming McElroy, installed in March as the archbishop of Washington, has been criticized by mostly conservative detractors for allegedly not responding to a whistleblower letter regarding McCarrick when McElroy was bishop of San Diego. An NCR review of the facts and documents available regarding the episode show that McElroy appears to have taken every reasonable step to pursue the unsubstantiated allegations.
In February, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey launched an investigation into whether the president of Seton Hall University, Msgr. Joseph Reilly, failed in his responsibilities regarding McCarrick.
Reilly, named president of Seton Hall a year ago, allegedly knew of sexual abuse allegations that he did not report, Politico reported last year. The Politico report prompted Tobin to hire an outside law firm to investigate whether Reilly “acted inappropriately.”
In February, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey launched an investigation into whether the president of Seton Hall University, Msgr. Joseph Reilly, failed in his responsibilities regarding McCarrick.
Reilly, named president of Seton Hall a year ago, allegedly knew of sexual abuse allegations that he did not report, Politico reported last year. The Politico report prompted Tobin to hire an outside law firm to investigate whether Reilly “acted inappropriately.”
There should be no barriers left for any member of the clergy in the archdiocese to continue to stonewall any investigation and the hierarchy in the church must take all steps necessary to make whatever Changes are necessary. .
Popes ignoring rumors? is that really news? how else would this massive tragedy have occured over decades all over the world?
McCarrick played him. St. John Paul II had an innocent mind. He thought negative reports were slanderous, akin to the terrible things spoken of and done to saints like Padre Pio. Also, reports that came to John Paul were hearsay that point. Benedict eventually put McCarrick under penal sanction, e.g., a lifelong penitential retreat. The real villain was McCarrick's soul brother and fellow disciple of the evil Cardinal Martini, Jorge Bergoglio, who as Pope Francis knew with moral certitude that Uncle Ted had abused children but nevertheless rehabilitated him and made him a king-maker.
This one does.
Disgraced former Cardinal McCarrick dies at 94
He rose to power despite church officials’ knowledge of sexual-abuse accusations against him.
www.ncronline.org
The fact that so many Popes were involved and so many American priests and Bishops (from NJ and NY) knew is damning. All of them are guilty and they’ve done irreparable harm to the abused and the church. Very sad and it is far from over unfortunately.
Hoping SHU doesn’t continue to be seen as not cooperating with the Msgr Reilly investigation but the truth needs to come out. McCarricks damage lives on.
The diocese of Newark had allegations of what this guy was doing at his retreat down the shore. I was a kid back then in a catholic school and the one priest who was there was a younger guy who informed the diocese of what he saw happen. He was threatened to keep quiet and the church continues to push Mccarick on the kids telling us how great he was and how he was going to be a cardinal and could be the first American pope. That young priest eventually left the priesthood and was excommunicated for doing, and during this whole time mccarick became a cardinal.
A very common tale of institutional denial, cover up, and cronyism under the guise of “religion”. Sickening.
Good for that guy though. There’s nothing sacred about them.
