Actually from all I have read McCarrick was not a pedophile. He was a homosexual who preyed on seminarians in their 20s. Some willing. Some coerced. He is more of a Harvey Weinstein than anything else. Weinstein has been called a monster, but never portrayed himself as an apostle of God. McCarrick OTOH is a monster, the esteemed President of the Scool of Our Lady notwithstanding.
Nope. Pedophile. The seminarians stuff is what Vigano wrote about, saying Pope Francis knew. But Francis sacked McCarrick when it came out that McCarrick was also a child raper
When the McCarrick story broke, it involved a minor in NJ (when he was a NY priest - the NY diocese broke that story this summer). The payments for two young men was a separate matter - and probably played no role in his resignation. The latter were known by at least the NJ diocese (where it occurred) paying them, and was hushed up at the time.
Haven’t you seen the photo of “Uncle Ted” in his bathing suit with a minor? That may have been the victim.