[Catholic Caucus] Lawsuit Claims McCarrick Headed Abusive ‘Sex Ring,’ Names Alleged ‘Procurer’

National Catholic Register ^ | July 22, 2020 | Kevin Jones/CNA

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[Catholic Caucus] Lawsuit Claims McCarrick Headed Abusive ‘Sex Ring,’ Names Alleged ‘Procurer’

A lawsuit filed Tuesday charges that former cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused a boy and aided his abuse by several other priests, and claims that a principal at a Christian Brothers high school helped procure the victim for McCarrick and the other clergy abusers in the early 1980s.

The plaintiff’s controversial lawyer, Jeff Anderson characterized McCarrick as leading a “sex ring.” He claimed papal power is to blame, including Pope Francis, and cites unproven claims by the controversial Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano about the Holy See’s response to McCarrick.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday charges that former cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused a boy and aided his abuse by several other priests, and claims that a principal at a Christian Brothers high school helped procure the victim for McCarrick and the other clergy abusers in the early 1980s.

The plaintiff’s controversial lawyer, Jeff Anderson characterized McCarrick as leading a “sex ring.” He claimed papal power is to blame, including Pope Francis, and cites unproven claims by the controversial Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano about the Holy See’s response to McCarrick.

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Ping

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Sorry to hear the Christian Brothers were involved.

I used to have great respect for them.

[Fedora]

The suit alleges that the plaintiff was abused by two other clerics as a child — including a former Essex Catholic High School principal who introduced him to McCarrick “under the guise that McCarrick would help Plaintiff pay his school tuition.”. . .Three Newark Archdiocese priests — Gerald Ruane, Michael Walters and John Laferrera — allegedly abused the boy at the beach house in 1982 and 1983, when the accuser was between 14 and 16 years old. Last year, the Newark Archdiocese listed each of those priests as having credible accusations of sex abuse made against them. Ruane was listed as deceased; the others had been removed from ministry. Brother Andrew Thomas Hewitt, the former Essex Catholic principal, was accused of abusing the boy from 1981 to 1983. The Congregation of Christian Brothers lists him as having at least two claims of sexual abuse against him. He died in 2002. . .The suit also includes allegations against a priest named Anthony Nardino, who had not been publicly accused before Tuesday.: Lawsuit alleges former Cardinal McCarrick ran a sex ring for clerics at NJ beach home

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almost unbelievable

[cherry]

not unbelievable....there was a reason the small cabal of deviant priests got away with it...they had friends in high places...