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Theodore McCarrick
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| Archdiocese | Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | November 21, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | January 3, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term ended | May 16, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | James Aloysius Hickey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Donald Wuerl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other post(s) | Cardinal Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo (2001–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | May 31, 1958 by Francis Spellman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | June 29, 1977 by Terence Cooke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created cardinal | February 21, 2001 by Pope John Paul II (resigned July 28, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Theodore Edgar McCarrick July 7, 1930 New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Come Lord Jesus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is a laicized American Catholic bishop, former cardinal, and former priest who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000 and as Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006. In 2019, McCarrick was defrocked after having been convicted of sexual misconduct in a canonical trial.
Ordained a priest in 1958, McCarrick became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977. He then became Bishop of Metuchen in 1981. From 1986 to 2000, he served as Archbishop of Newark. He was created a cardinal in February 2001 and served as Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006. A prolific fundraiser, he was connected to prominent politicians and was considered a power broker in Washington, D.C.[1] Within the church, McCarrick was generally regarded as a moderate.[2][3][4][5]
McCarrick was accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with adult male seminarians for decades.[6] Though multiple reports about McCarrick's alleged conduct with adult seminarians were made to American bishops and the Vatican between 1993 and 2016,[7][8] Pope Francis was reportedly unaware of allegations of sexual abuse against minors until 2018. In July 2018, The New York Times published a story detailing a pattern of sexual abuse of male seminarians and minors by McCarrick.[1] Following credible allegations of repeated sexual misconduct towards boys and seminarians, McCarrick was removed from public ministry in June 2018. In July 2018, he became the first cardinal to resign from the College of Cardinals because of claims of sexual abuse,[9] and he was laicized in February 2019.[10] After a church investigation and trial, McCarrick was found guilty of sexual crimes against adults and minors and abuse of power and dismissed from the clerical state in February 2019.[11] He is the most senior church official in modern times to be laicized,[12] and his is the first known case of a cardinal having been laicized for sexual abuse.[13] Several honors he had been awarded, such as honorary degrees, were rescinded.
McCarrick's case sparked demands for accountability and reform in the Catholic Church.[14] On October 6, 2018, the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had ordered "a thorough study" of the Vatican's records on McCarrick "to ascertain all the relevant facts, to place them in their historical context and to evaluate them objectively".[15] That study led to the publication of a report by the Secretariat of State November 2020.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NYTimes2018.07.16was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gibson, David (June 16, 2014). "Globe-trotting Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is almost 84, and working harder than ever". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Nash Holdings. Religion News Service.
- ^ O'Neil, John (May 16, 2006). "Pope Names New Archbishop for Washington". The New York Times.
Cardinal McCarrick, who was regarded as more moderate on many issues...
- ^ Hunt, Albert (September 22, 2015). "An insider's thoughts on a provocative pope". The Chicago Tribune. Bloomberg News.
- ^ Dias, Elizabeth; Horowitz, Jason (February 16, 2019). "Pope Defrocks Theodore McCarrick, Ex-Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse". The New York Times.
- ^ D'Emilio, Frances; Winfield, Nicole (February 16, 2019). "Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019.
- ^ Bruenig, Elizabeth (September 12, 2018). "He wanted to be a priest. He says Archbishop McCarrick used that to abuse him". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ McElwee, Joshua J. (August 17, 2018). "San Diego bishop responds to survivor advocate letter that alleged abuse by McCarrick". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta; Otterman, Sharon (July 28, 2018). "Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal". The New York Times.
- ^ "Comunicato della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, 16.02.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Comunicato della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, 16.02.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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WP21619was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
WP216192was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Zauzmer, Julie; Harlan, Chico (December 28, 2018). "The Vatican's investigation into Theodore McCarrick's alleged crimes is underway". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Holy See Press Office Communiqué (on the conduct of Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick)". Holy See Press Office. October 6, 2018.
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