The former Cardinal who served as the Archbishop for Washington DC, Theodore McCarrick, has been charged for repeated sexual abuse

The former Cardinal who served as the Archbishop for Washington DC, Theodore McCarrick, has been charged for repeated sexual abuse. (Read More Here).

The lawsuit also names the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Metuchen as defendants, alleging that they failed to protect the boy from McCarrick while he led those New Jersey dioceses. All the defendants deny the claims against them.

The parties met with a private mediator June 23 but were unable to settle the case, court records show. (Read More Here).

One of the more graphic sexual abuse lawsuits against former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is still pending in New Jersey after the parties recently failed to settle the nearly two-year-old case, court filings show.

The civil lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark in September 2020, accuses McCarrick of raping and sexually assaulting an unnamed adolescent boy on more than 50 occasions from 1985 to 1990.One of the more graphic sexual abuse lawsuits against former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is still pending in New Jersey after the parties recently failed to settle the nearly two-year-old case, court filings show.

The civil lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark in September 2020, accuses McCarrick of raping and sexually assaulting an unnamed adolescent boy on more than 50 occasions from 1985 to 1990.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, 92-year-old Theodore McCarrick is accused of engaging in repeated acts of sexual abuse with the victim. A criminal complaint reportedly states the acts include one instance where the former cardinal fondled the victim’s genitals while staying as a guest at a home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

McCarrick was expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood in 2019. An investigation by the Vatican church found McCarrick guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults.

In 2021, McCarrick pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts case, in which the priest allegedly sexually abused a 16-year-old boy at a wedding reception at Wellesley College in June 1974. Lawyers representing McCarrick previously stated he is not mentally competent to face trial, due to dementia, according to Reuters.