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Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with molesting teen boy in 1974
NY Post ^ | July 29, 2021 | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 07/29/2021 1:53:46 PM PDT by ebb tide

Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick — the former archbishop of Washington, DC, who was kicked out of the priesthood over sex abuse allegations — has been charged with molesting a teenage boy in Massachusetts in the 1970s.

The charges filed Wednesday make McCarrick, 91, the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official in the US to face criminal raps in the clergy sex abuse scandal, according to the Boston Globe.

The predatory priest is accused of groping a 16-year-old boy’s genitals on June 8, 1974, during the wedding reception of the teen’s brother at Wellesley College.

McCarrick allegedly told the boy that he “needed to go to confession” and led him into a room, where he proceeded to assault him while “saying prayers to make me feel holy,” the teen told police.

The investigation into McCarrick began in January after the alleged victim’s attorney, Mitchell Garabedian, wrote letters to the Norfolk and Middlesex district attorneys.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: franciscardinal; homopredator; mccarrick; qanon
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To: Sixgun Symphony

well, bye.


141 posted on 07/31/2021 8:04:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you, Boss.


142 posted on 07/31/2021 8:08:44 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: smvoice; ADSUM

smvoice — 2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

and
“Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast — unless you believed in vain” (1 Cor 15:1-2).

“t I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified”(1 Cor 9:27).

Luke 8:13
, “And the ones (seeds) on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.”


143 posted on 09/06/2021 1:50:41 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: smvoice; Chicory
smvoice - you said I’ll just say 2 Timothy 2:15 could be the best friend you’ve ever had, if you would just heed the words.

read the chapter in full - what did Paul write in 2 Timothy 2:12? if we persevere
we shall also reign with him.
But if we deny him
he will deny us.
13 If we are unfaithful
he remains faithful,
for he cannot deny himself.

Clearly - 'if we persevere' - otherwise if you don't stick close to the beliefs of Christ, you can lose them, like the seed that flowers for a while then withers...

144 posted on 09/06/2021 1:54:19 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel; Salvation

You will hear - as in, scripture in the Mass.

Whether you listen or not is a different matter.


145 posted on 09/06/2021 1:55:36 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: ontap; ebb tide

YOUR COMMENT: “Not denigrating all priests but I have always wondered what kind of man gives up women!!! I know one kind...again not accusing all priests of anything!!”

One that follows Christ and lives a chaste life to save souls. What greater gift can a man do to give his life for another so that they may have eternal life with God..

Jesus said “Whoever finds his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”


146 posted on 09/06/2021 6:41:30 AM PDT by ADSUM ( )
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To: COBOL2Java

You were lucky. Heard of a group of seminarians who went on a retreat with him. He chose the rooming assignments and when only one person was left, that guy was left to share a room with him.


147 posted on 09/06/2021 6:46:54 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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