WASHINGTON — Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, stated June 20 he will no longer exercise any public ministry "in obedience" to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager 47 years ago was found credible.
"While shocked by the report, and while maintaining my innocence," Cardinal McCarrick wrote in his statement, "I considered it essential that the charges be reported to the police, thoroughly investigated by an independent agency and given to the Review Board of the Archdiocese of New York. I fully cooperated in the process."
