NEWARK (NJ)
UPI
June 20, 2018
By Sara Shayanian
Retired Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., announced he was stepping down from the ministry Wednesday amid allegations of sexual abuse.
In a statement, the Archdiocese of New York said the Vatican secretary of state, at the direction of Pope Francis, asked McCarrick to step down from the ministry.
The allegations against McCarrick stem from the abuse of a teenager nearly 50 years ago, while the former archbishop was a priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
“This archdiocese, while saddened and shocked, asks prayers for all involved, and renews its apology to all victims abused by priests,” the archdiocese said.
Although McCarrick said he has “no recollection” of the case and was “shocked” by the report, he accepted the pope’s request to no longer publicly exercise his priestly ministry.
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