Category: Abuse Scandals

CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: [Holy See Announcement Re: Laicization of McCarrick:] Communiqué of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 16.02.2019″ – VaticanVa

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On 11 January 2019, the Congresso of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the conclusion of a penal process, issued a decree finding Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., guilty of the following delicts while a cleric: solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power. The Congresso imposed on him the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state. On 13 February 2019, the Ordinary Session (Feria IV) of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith considered the recourse he presented against this decision. Having examined the arguments in the recourse, the Ordinary Session confirmed the decree of the Congresso. This decision was notified to Theodore McCarrick on 15 February 2019. The Holy Father has recognized the definitive nature of this decision made in accord with law, rendering it a res iudicata (i.e., admitting of no further recourse).

[00272-EN.01] [Original text: Italian]

[B0133-XX.01]

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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH: “U.S. bishops punt resolution encouraging Holy See to release McCarrick documents” – CNA

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“On the last day of their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops’ conference voted down a resolution that would have ‘encouraged’ the Holy See to release all documents on the allegations of sexual misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. … Cardinal William Levada, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said he did not support the resolution because it would only further the divide between the USCCB and the Vatican. He seconded Cardinal Tobin’s suggestion that the bishops instead release a statement of support of the Vatican investigation. …”

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CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “NY’s Bishop John Jenik abused others, alleged victim says” – CNA

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“… The case will be reviewed by the Vatican, most likely at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sources say, before being passed to Pope Francis for judgment. Canon law establishes that only the pope may judge a penal matter involving a bishop, unless the pope delegates that responsibility elsewhere. …”

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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH & VIDEO: “Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Appoints Him Interim DC leader” – CNA

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“Pope Francis accepted the resignation of … Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday … asking [him] to continue … on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. Wuerl, 77, originally submitted his resignation … when he turned 75 …. The pope … received a Sept. 21 request from Wuerl that his resignation be accepted. … Francis defended the cardinal from … widespread criticism he has faced …. since late June, when revelations about alleged sexual misconduct on the part of his predecessor, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, raised questions about what Wuerl knew about McCarrick, and how he responded ….

“[In addition], the Aug. 14 … grand jury report detailing decades of abuse allegations in six Pennsylvania dioceses put under close scrutiny Wuerl’s record as Bishop of Pittsburgh … from 1988 to 2006. … rais[ing] concerns that Wuerl had allowed priests accused of abuse to remain in ministry ….”

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CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “[Notre Dame,] Rescind McCarrick’s Honorary Degree” – Sycamore Trust

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“Dear Father Jenkins,

We, the undersigned alumni, members of the Notre Dame community, friends of Notre Dame, and concerned Catholics, urge you to rescind the honorary degree the University awarded in 2008 to then Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and to announce the University’s support for a wide-ranging and unconstrained investigation into what McCarrick did, who knew, and what they did or didn’t do about it.

Former Cardinal McCarrick is at the epicenter of the most serious crisis faced by the Catholic Church in the United States in a very long time. He has become the face of clerical sexual abuse in the wake of …”

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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH: “New sexual abuse allegations leveled against Cardinal McCarrick” – CNA

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“… [It was]  reported July 19 … [that a Virginia man] alleg[es in a police report that] … [now-Cardinal Theodore] McCarrick began sexually abusing him in 1969, when the priest was 39[, a friend of the family,] and the man, “James,” … was 11 …. [A month earlier,] the Archdiocese of New York announced … an investigation into a different allegation that McCarrick had sexually abused a teenager [finding] the claim ‘credible and substantiated.’ The Vatican … prohibited McCarrick, 88, from public ministry. … [M]edia reports have detailed additional allegations … that McCarrick sexually abused, assaulted, or coerced seminarians and young priests … as a bishop. The Diocese of Metuchen and Archdiocese of Newark disclosed … reports that McCarrick engaged in sexual misconduct with adults, and reached legal and financial settlements in two cases. The cardinal is prohibited from contact with minors in the Archdiocese of Washington …”

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