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• Speaking about episcopal nominations, then Newark Archbishop McCarrick said at a January 1990 dinner, “I deserve New York!”

McCarrick 2013 Comments on Francis Changing the College of Cardinals

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Ping

[Slyfox]

Change to make it more homosexual-friendly. Check.

[irishjuggler]

In the early 1980s, McCarrick’s rising profile drew the attention of the FBI and the KGB. A KGB agent tried to befriend him but the FBI asked him to serve as a counterintelligence asset. McCarrick declined, but the FBI persisted.

I don't want to go all Russia, Russia, Russia on this, but it's interesting. The NKVD/KGB were notorious for recruiting homosexuals (e.g. the Kim Philby network), as they were considered the ideal recruits: treacherous, duplicitous and blackmail-able. They likely identified Uncle Ted as someone they could work with. Wonder if there's more... a lot more... to this story. What WAS the source of all the cash Teddy handed out?

[CMSMC]

I’m not Catholic, although I have Catholic grandchildren. I believe the Lavender Mafia and the current leadership in the church is a tremendous unseen elephant in the room. God help the church, the current leadership is not!