Theodore McCarrick, cardinal archbishop emeritus in Washington, D.C., has been told by the Vatican he can no longer practice his priestly ministry after claims that he sexually abused a teenager 50 years ago were found to be credible.
As attorney Patrick Noaker told Fox News on Wednesday, his unnamed client claims that he was abused twice when he was a teenage altar boy in New York, while McCarrick served there as a priest.
The alleged victim says that while he was helping McCarrick be measured for a robe for Christmas mass in 1971, the priest unzipped his pants and sexually assaulted him. A year later, he says that a similar assault took place in a bathroom.
McCarrick, who later become the Archbishop of Washington, has denied that he carried out the crimes, but says that he accepts the Vatican’s decision to remove him from ministry.
He explained in a statement that he only became aware of the allegations some months ago, after he was informed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York.
“While shocked by the report, and while maintaining my innocence, I considered it essential that the charges be reported to the police,…
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