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Faithful pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Abuse survivors sound alarm as cardinals prepare to pick next pope

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick celebrates a mass inside St. Nereus and Achilleus Church in Rome on Thursday, April 14, 2005. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino) **FILE**

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94

By David Crary - Associated Press

Former Washington Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick listens during a news conference in Washington, May 16, 2006. A judge ruled Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, that McCarrick is not competent to stand trial and dismissed charges accusing the 93-year-old of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former archbishop of Washington, D.C. deemed not competent to stand trial on teen sex abuse charges

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

Former Washington Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick listens during a press conference in Washington, May 16, 2006. The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sex abuse

By Harm Venhuizen - Associated Press

In this May 16, 2006, file photo former Washington Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pauses during a press conference in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in sex assault

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Statues top the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians. But the 400-plus-page report determined that Pope Francis merely continued his predecessors’ handling of the predator until a former altar boy alleged abuse. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Alleging sex abuse, 4 sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil. Pope Francis' famous quip “Who am I to judge?” , en route home from his first papal trip, could go a long way toward explaining his initial attitude toward Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked and disgraced American cardinal who was the subject of a two-year Vatican investigation that was released last week on Nov. 9, 2020.(AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool, file)

AP Analysis: ‘Who am I to judge?’ might explain pope’s view

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 26, 2019 file photo, James Grein, 61, speaks at his house in Sterling, Va. Grein says the now-defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's exalted place in the family over three generations created pressure on him to visit with McCarrick during weekends away from boarding school and visits when he would be molested. &quot;If I didn't go to see Theodore I was always going to be asked by my brothers and sisters or my dad, 'Why didn't you go see him?'&quot; (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2001 file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, D.C., shakes hands with Pope John Paul II during the General Audience with the newly appointed cardinals in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. McCarrick was one of the three Americans on a record list of 44 new cardinals who were elevated in a ceremony at the Vatican on Feb. 21, 2001. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)

Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this April 18, 2005, file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, as the cardinals who will elect a new Pope made their last public appearance before sequestering themselves inside the Sistine Chapel later in the day. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists packed St. Peter's Basilica and the square to take a last glimpse at the cardinals who elected the next head of the Roman Catholic Church during the Conclave. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

Key findings in Vatican report into ex-Cardinal McCarrick

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2005 file photo, an aide covers the head of Washington, D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick during a Mass in St. Nereus and Achilleus Church in Rome. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, the Vatican is taking the extraordinary step of publishing its two-year investigation into the disgraced ex-Cardinal McCarrick, who was defrocked in 2019 after the Vatican determined that years of rumors that he was a sexual predator were true. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Vatican report reveals anonymous letters accusing McCarrick

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011, file photo, then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy. The Vatican said Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 the report would span McCarrick’s entire life, from his birth in 1930 to the 2017 allegations that brought about his downfall. The Vatican said the report would cover “the Holy See’s institutional knowledge and decision-making process” as he rose through the church's ranks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

McCarrick: What’s known about the abusive US ex-cardinal

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick poses for a photo in Rome. The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy. The Vatican said Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 the report would span McCarrick’s entire life, from his birth in 1930 to the 2017 allegations that brought about his downfall. The Vatican said the report would cover “the Holy See’s institutional knowledge and decision-making process” as he rose through the church's ranks. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

A look at the lawsuits against ex-Cardinal McCarrick

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, holds a photo of ex Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as she talks to the media during a press conference at the Foreign Press association headquarters, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ summit on clergy abuse, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A chronology of the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal McCarrick

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Suit alleges McCarrick, others abused youth at beach house

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

In this March 4, 2015, file photo, then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick speaks during a memorial service in South Bend, Ind. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, Pool, File) **FILE**

Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

John Bellocchio, a survivor of abuse, speaks to reporters during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. Lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy are taking center stage in New Jersey as the state's relaxation of statute of limitations rules takes effect. Bellocchio's lawsuit accuses defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former Archbishop of the Newark diocese. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Lawsuit: Ex-Cardinal McCarrick abused boy in Newark in 1990s

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 4, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick speaks during a memorial service in South Bend, Ind. Pope Francis has accepted U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick's offer to resign from the College of Cardinals following allegations of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy, and ordered him to conduct a &quot;life of prayer and penance&quot; in a home to be designated by the pontiff until a church trial is held, the Vatican said Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s letters to victims show signs of grooming

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Catholic charities tested by abuse scandals, border crisis

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican corrects omission in pope’s quote about McCarrick

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press