Theodore McCarrick

The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable issues the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it will do about current and future clergy who use their power to sexually abuse adults

Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored

Pope Francis is vowing to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offering prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

The report says the former Washington archbishop continued to rise through the church despite leaders knowing about allegations of sexual misconduct. Pat Collins reports.

A Vatican investigation of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The retired Vatican diplomat who accused Pope Francis of turning a blind eye to the alleged sexual misconduct of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is begging the American to publicly repent for his crimes for the good of the Catholic Church.

After formally being installed on Tuesday, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated his first Sunday Mass as the first African-American leader of Washington, D.C.’s Catholic community.

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has become the first African-American leader of the capital’s Catholics. He celebrated his first Mass on Sunday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Pope Francis named Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Thursday.

Pope Francis announced Thursday that Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory will be appointed the new Archbishop of Washington. He will be the seventh archbishop of Washington and the first African-American to lead the Washington Archdiocese. News4’s Erika Gonzales and Justin Finch report.

The pope accepted the resignation of the embattled archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Friday.

The Catholic News Agency reports that Pope Francis asked Archbishop Wilton Gregory to succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl. If he accepts, Gregory would also become Washington’s first black Archbishop.

The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail at the end of a sentencing hearing in a packed,...

Following the defrocking of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, survivors of sex abuse in the Catholic Church gathered with advocates to protest in favor of accountability and greater female representation in the Vatican.

Georgetown University has rescinded an honorary degree it bestowed in 2004 on then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked last week after being convicted by the Vatican of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians.

Reactions from Catholics in Washington, D.C., are pouring in following the news that Pope Francis had defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of sex crimes.

Catholics in Washington say they hope the Vatican’s decision to punish Theodore McCarrick should not be the end to how the Church handles sex abuse. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

After Pope Francis defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Saturday, Catholics in Washington reacted with relief and anger. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.