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Oct. 28, 2019
By Tom Davis
A new spate of sexual abuse allegations has been levied against a man once considered New Jersey’s top priest — just as the state has announced its crackdown on abusive behavior involving members of the clergy is growing.
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked in February after accusations he sexually abused two boys and sexually harassed seminarians, faced new accusations this past week that he abused at least seven boys from about 1970 until 1990, according to The Washington Post. Many of the boys traveled with the then-archbishop to fundraisers.
Six more allegations of sexual abuse by DC seminarians and former seminarians also have been forwarded to Catholic Church officials in Rome, The Washington Post said.
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