WASHINGTON (DC)
ChurchMilitant
March 13, 2019
By Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D
Permitted McCarrick’s living arrangements at IVE Seminary
Cardinal Donald Wuerl allowed Theodore McCarrick to move onto seminary property, in spite of knowing about allegations of homosexual predation, giving McCarrick free access to seminarians, some who lived and traveled with him.
In 2009, McCarrick was ordered by Pope Benedict to move out of Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Seminary in Washington, D.C. McCarrick then moved into a parish, but shortly afterwards left to live on the grounds of another seminary: the Institute of the Incarnate Word (Instituto del Verbo Encarnado, IVE), with Wuerl’s full knowledge and permission.
As Church Militant has reported, McCarrick had close ties to the IVE, frequently flying down to Argentina to stay at the community’s headquarters in San Rafael, where he visited with its founder, Fr. Miguel Buela, and ordained priests.
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