It was incredible to watch how quickly the recent news story about the former top Church representative (Cardinal of Washington DC) disappeared from the news; in fact, I was shocked it was reported at all - because it went against the lie that homosexual men and child molesters are mutually exclusive groups. In fact, there is a huge overlap, and it was a classic case: a substantiated claim of abuse of minor decades ago, and more recently settlements paid to two adult victims.
Rod Dreher was hearing stuff about it for years (this is true of other journalists as well) and couldn't get anyone to do more than tell awful stories on a "don't use my name" basis: and of course a journalist can't run with pages of anonymous allegations.
This was often young men whom McCarrick had sexually exploited, who wouldn't talk.
And McCarrick had enough decades in the upper hierarchy to promote, protect, and network with many other sick, conscienceless perverts like himself. And they're still there.