How come nobody could come forward to say that when it was actually going on, and McCarrick’s ecclesiastical career could have been justly derailed early on?
But people did come forward.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/douthat-on-uncle-ted-mccarrick-purgatory/
I have no answer for the lack of response except for the age old on of sin.
I apologize for not being able to link to the original NYT column by Ross Douhat. Perhaps you will have better luck.