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Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94

c/world · u/Stamau123@lemmy.world · 85 points

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*The McCarrick scandal created a crisis of credibility for the church, primarily because there was evidence Vatican and U.S. church leaders knew he slept with seminarians but turned a blind eye*

WASHINGTON — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults and children, died Friday, according to Archbishop of Washington Robert McElroy. McCarrick was 94.

The McCarrick scandal created a crisis of credibility for the church, primarily because there was evidence Vatican and U.S. church leaders knew he slept with seminarians but turned a blind eye as McCarrick rose to the top of the U.S. church as an adept fundraiser who advised three popes.

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u/betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 17 points

...after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults...

Well, it's bad and he's a piece of shit for doing it but at least they're not-

>...and children...

Oh, of course, there it is. I wish there was a hell for this guy to rot in but I'll just have to settle for him being dead and gone instead.

u/PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social · 17 points

Who would have guessed that a whole society of men who have sworn to never have sex with women and would instead prefer to live among men and boys would start fucking those boys?

u/kreskin@lemmy.world · 10 points

May he rot in hell. And may all the vatican swine who knew about his crimes and let it go on join him.