The Editors: The Catholic Church should not be shocked by the McCarrick case—it should be ashamed.
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Cardinal
Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, is pictured
during a reception for new cardinals at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2014.
Cardinal McCarrick said he will no longer exercise any public ministry
"in obedience" to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager
47 years ago was found credible. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
But none of these reports interrupted Cardinal McCarrick’s rise through the ranks nor his appointment as cardinal nor his eventual retirement in 2006 as a respected leader of the U.S. church. Nor did these reports lead to his removal last month from public ministry, which finally resulted from a credible allegation of abuse of a minor almost 50 years ago, recently revealed and acted on by the Archdiocese of New York.
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