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His Eminence

Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Cardinal,
Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick speaking at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
SeeWashington
AppointedNovember 21, 2000
InstalledJanuary 3, 2001
Term endedMay 16, 2006
PredecessorJames Aloysius Hickey
SuccessorDonald Wuerl
Other post(s)Cardinal Priest of Ss. Nerei e Achilleo
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationMay 31, 1958
by Francis Spellman
ConsecrationJune 29, 1977
by Terence Cooke
Created cardinalFebruary 21, 2001
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born (1930-07-07) 7 July 1930 (age 94)
New York, New York
MottoCome Lord Jesus
Styles of
Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeWashington (Emeritus)
Ordination history of
Theodore McCarrick
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byTerence Cooke
DateJune 29, 1977
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Theodore McCarrick as principal consecrator
John Mortimer SmithJanuary 25, 1988
James Thomas McHughJanuary 25, 1988
Michael Angelo SaltarelliJuly 30, 1990
Charles James McDonnellMarch 12, 1994
João José BurkeMay 25, 1995
Nicholas Anthony DiMarzioOctober 31, 1996
Paul Gregory BootkoskiSeptember 5, 1997
Vincent DePaul BreenSeptember 8, 1997
Arthur Joseph SerratelliSeptember 8, 2000
Francisco González ValerFebruary 11, 2002
Kevin Joseph FarrellFebruary 11, 2002
Martin D. HolleyJuly 2, 2004

Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.

Early life and education

An only child, McCarrick was born in New York City to Theodore E. and Margaret T. (née McLaughlin) McCarrick.[1] His father was a ship captain who died from tuberculosis when McCarrick was three years old,[2] and his mother then worked at a automobile parts factory in the Bronx.[3] As a child, McCarrick served as an altar boy at the Church of the Incarnation in Washington Heights.[3]

After attending Fordham Preparatory School, he studied in Switzerland for a year before returning to the United States and attending Fordham University.[4]

McCarrick later entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy (1954) and a Master of Arts in theology (1958).[1]

Priesthood

McCarrick was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 31, 1958.[5] From 1958 to 1963, he furthered his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., earning a Ph.D. in sociology. He then served as an assistant chaplain at the Catholic University, where he later became dean of students and director of development.

Cardinal McCarrick and Admiral William Fallon, September 16, 2001 in Washington, D.C.

McCarrick served as President of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1969, and was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on November 10, 1965.[1] Upon his return to the Archdiocese of New York, he served as both Adjunct Secretary for Education and associate pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church until 1971. During this time, he helped found the Cardinal's Committee for Education and the Inner City Scholarship Fund, which promotes the education of the poor, particularly among minorities.

He was private secretary to Cardinal Terence Cooke from 1971 to 1977.

Episcopal career

Auxiliary bishop of New York

On May 24, 1977, McCarrick was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of Rusibisir by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Cardinal Cooke, with Archbishop John Maguire and Bishop Patrick Ahern serving as co-consecrators. He selected as his episcopal motto: "Come Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20).[5]

As an auxiliary to Cardinal Cooke, he served as Vicar general of East Manhattan and Harlem.

Bishop of Metuchen

McCarrick was later named the founding Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, on November 19, 1981. He was installed at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral on January 31, 1982. During his tenure, McCarrick erected new parishes in Perth Amboy, Califon, Skillman, Old Bridge, and Three Bridges.[6] He also oversaw the development of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, Bishop's Annual Appeal, and ministries for blacks and Hispanics, pro-life activities, and the disabled.[6]

Archbishop of Newark

On May 30, 1986, McCarrick was promoted to the fourth Archbishop of Newark. He succeeded Peter Leo Gerety, and was installed at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on the following July 25. During his tenure, he established the Office of Evangelization, ministries for Hispanics and victims of HIV, and a drug prevention program.[7] He also promoted vocations, and ordained a total of 200 priests for the Archdiocese.[3]

Cardinal McCarrick in June 2006

McCarrick became known as an advocate for social justice, once saying, "[T]he Church cannot be authentic unless it takes care of the poor, the newcomers, the needy".[3] During the 1980s, he served as an official observer to the Helsinki Commission and the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, serving at the behest of the State Department.[7] In 1988, he participated in an interfaith meeting with Fidel Castro to promote religious freedom in Cuba, the first meeting of its kind since the 1958 Communist revolution. McCarrick, as a representative of Irish immigrant families, was chosen to be placed in the Ellis Island Hall of Fame on December 8, 1990.[7]

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he served as chairman of the Committee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe from 1992 to 1997. In this capacity, he visited such countries as Yugoslavia, the Baltics, and Kazakhstan. He was twice elected to head the USCCB's Committee on Migration, and once asked the Congress "to recognize and support the important task of nurturing new citizens so that they may begin to play a full role in the future of this nation."[7] He later became a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants.

He was elected chairman of the Bishops' Committee on International Policy in 1996. His other visits included Bosnia (which he described as "reminiscent of the Holocaust"), China, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, and Switzerland.[3][7] In 1995, he hosted Mother Teresa and later Pope John Paul II, who elevated the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart to the rank of a basilica during his visit by McCarrick's suggestion. Joined by Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, he announced an initiative in 1997 to assure that Catholic school uniforms in his Archdiocese would not be manufactured in sweatshops.[8]

In addition to his duties as Archbishop, McCarrick was made Superior of Turks and Caicos on October 17, 1998.

Archbishop of Washington

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush welcome outgoing Archbishop of Washington McCarrick, left, the incoming Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl, far right, and Papal Nuncio Pietro Sambi to the White House.

On November 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed McCarrick the fifth Archbishop of Washington. On February 21, 2001, John Paul made him a cardinal,[9] assigning him as Cardinal Priest to the titular church of Ss. Nerei e Achilleo. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.[10]

Retirement

On May 16, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal McCarrick as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., upon the latter's reaching the customary age limit of 75, and appointed Donald Wuerl, Bishop of Pittsburgh, as the 6th Archbishop of Washington, DC. From May 16, 2006 until Wuerl's installation one month later, on June 22, 2006, McCarrick served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington, an interim post.

McCarrick was named a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2007.[11]

McCarrick is a polyglot, speaking five languages.[12][13]

In 2009, McCarrick spoke at the graveside service of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery and read from a letter Kennedy had written to Pope Benedict XVI.[14]

Accusations of sexual abuse and removal from public ministry

On June 20, 2018, McCarrick was removed from public ministry by The Holy See after a review board of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York found an allegation "credible and substantiated" that he had sexually abused a 16-year-old altar boy while a priest in New York.[15][16] Patrick Noaker, the attorney for the anonymous complainant, alleged two incidents at St. Patrick's Cathedral, one in 1971 and the other in 1972.[17] Noaker stated that when measuring the teen for a cassock, McCarrick "unzipped [the boy's] pants and put his hands in the boy's pants."[18]

McCarrick stated that he was innocent of these charges: "I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence." He also stated, "In obedience I accept the decision of The Holy See, that I no longer exercise any public ministry."[18][19]

Also on June 20, 2018, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark revealed that during McCarrick's ministry in New Jersey, there had been accusations of sexual misconduct with three adults, and that two of the allegations had resulted in financial settlements with the complainants.[20][21]

Richard Sipe had published excerpts from settlement documents in 2010.[22] Others reported that in 2012 The New York Times Magazine scheduled but never published a story detailing McCarrick's abuse of adult seminarians, based on court documents of the legal settlements between McCarrick and former seminarians, and an interview with one of the victims.[23][24] The New York Times published a front-page article describing McCarrick's abuse of adult seminarians on July 16, 2018.[25][26]

In late July 2018, a New Jersey man whose uncle had known McCarrick since high school alleged that McCarrick had sexually touched him beginning when he was 13.[27][28]

On July 5, Fordham University rescinded an honorary degree and other honors it had granted McCarrick.[29][30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D." Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Conconi, Chuck (October 1, 2004). "The Man In The Red Hat". Washingtonian. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Goodstein, Laurie (November 22, 2000). "Newark Prelate to Head Washington Archdiocese". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Becker, Elizabeth (March 5, 2001). "An American Cardinal Who Works to Help the World". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "The Coat of Arms of Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Watshington". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b "History". Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D." Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
  8. ^ "Archdiocese of Newark Sweatshop Initiative". The Catholic-Labor Network. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Stanley, Alexandra (February 22, 2001). "Shaping a Legacy, Pope Installs 44 Cardinals". New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  10. ^ Goodsetin, Laurie; Wakin, Daniel J. (April 10, 2005). "Cardinals Hint at Profile of New Pope: Presence Preferred". New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  11. ^ "Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington Named CSIS Counselor". Center for Strategic & International Studies (Press release). March 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Caryle Murphy & Alan Cooperman, Vatican's Man of The Hour, Washington Post (April 28, 2002).
  13. ^ Future of the Catholic Church, Speech at the National Press Club (introduction by Richard S. Dunham).
  14. ^ Barry, Dan (August 30, 2009). "Kennedy Mourners Memorialize 'Soul of the Democratic Party'". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  15. ^ "Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Punished Over Abuse Finding". New York Times. Associated Press. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  16. ^ Sisak, Michael R. (June 20, 2018). "Cardinal Theodore McCarrick punished over abuse finding". Associated Press. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  17. ^ Burke, Daniel (June 20, 2018). "Cardinal removed from public ministry after sex abuse allegation". CNN. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  18. ^ a b Zauzmer, Julie; Boorstein, Michelle; Hedgpeth, Dana (June 20, 2018). "Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, has been removed from ministry after a sex abuse allegation". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  19. ^ "Statements Regarding Cardinal Theodore McCarrick". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  20. ^ Heyboer, Kelly; Sherman, Ted (June 20, 2018). "Allegations of Sexual abuse and settlements: What we know about Cardinal McCarrick's dramatic downfall". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved June 20, 2018. The dates and of the settlements were not disclosed. Church officials also did not say if the settlements involved payments to the victims.
  21. ^ "Cardinal McCarrick suspended from public ministry after abuse allegations". America. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  22. ^ "The Cardinal McCarrick Syndrome". Richard Sipe: Priests, Celibacy, and Sexuality. May 12, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  23. ^ Julia Duin (June 21, 2018). "The scandal of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and why no major media outed him". GetReligion. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  24. ^ Rod Dreher (June 20, 2018). "Cardinal McCarrick: Everybody Knew". The American Conservative. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  25. ^ Goodstein, Laurie; Otterman, Sharon (July 16, 2018). "He Preyed on Men Who Wanted to Be Priests. Then He Became a Cardinal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  26. ^ Duin, Julia (July 18, 2018). "Cardinal Ted McCarrick, Part II: The New York Times takes a stab at this old story". Get Religion. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  27. ^ Otterman, Sharon (July 19, 2018). "Man Says Cardinal McCarrick, His 'Uncle Ted,' Sexually Abused Him for Years". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  28. ^ Heyboer, Kelly (July 19, 2018). "Cardinal McCarrick accused of sexually abusing N.J. boy, report says". NJ.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  29. ^ "Fordham University statement: Cardinal McCarrick" (Press release). Fordham University. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  30. ^ White, Christopher (July 20, 2018). "As McCarrick spotlight grows,is revoking honors sensitivity or whitewash?". Crux. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Washington
November 21, 2000 – May 16, 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Newark
May 30, 1986 – November 21, 2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos
October 17, 1998 – November 21, 2000
New title
First Bishop
 Bishop of Metuchen
November 19, 1981 – May 30, 1986 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
–
 Auxiliary Bishop of New York
June 29, 1977 – November 19, 1981 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap
 Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
June 29, 1977 – November 19, 1981 		Succeeded by
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