Theodore McCarrick, cardinal defrocked for sexual abuse, has died
FILE - Former Washington Archbishop Cardinal Theodore McCarrick listens during a news conference in Washington, May 16, 2006. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
(RNS) — The criminal case against McCarrick had been suspended since January 2024, after he was found incompetent to stand trial because of his dementia, but he was laicized in 2019 after a canonical trial found him guilty of "sins against the Sixth Commandment" and "abuse of power."
