Information about death Theodore’a McCarricka confirmed by the current archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert Mcelroy, but not providing details. According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), before McCarrick's death he lived in the church center in Dittmer in the suburbs of St. Louis.
He died on Friday at the age of 94.
Theodore McCarrick is dead. He was expelled from the priesthood
“At this point, I especially remember those he hurt During your priesthood. By their constant pain, let's be persevered in our prayers for them and for all victims sexual abuse, “Mcelroy called in a statement.
McCarrick was one of the highest hierarchs in the church of the clergy in connection with accusations for sexual offenses.
This happened in 2019, when the church investigation showed that he was guilty of harassment of a 16-year-old minister in the 70s. In the following years, many other accusations appeared towards him, and in 2021 there was a priest He heard penalty allegations regarding sexual assault on a 16-year-old during a wedding in Massachustsetts. However, the court found a former priest 91-year-old to be unable to respond to allegations due to his health.
What did the Vatican report show?
Published in 2020. commissioned report Pope Francis He showed that rumors and reports of McCarrick's crimes have been appearing for decades, but this did not prevent him from five in the hierarchy. The allegations against him remained Rejected, among others by the Pope John Paul IIwhich took him to the Cardinal dignity in 2001.
Ordained a priest in 1958, born in New York McCarrick He climbed up in the ranks of the American church in the middle and at the end of the 20th century. He was the auxiliary bishop of New York, he led the dioceses to Metuchen and Newark, New Jersey, and eventually became the archbishop of Washington.