Leaked correspondence from Theodore McCarrick confirms that the Vatican placed restrictions on the former cardinal in 2008 and strongly suggests that Cardinal Donald Wuerl was aware of those restrictions.
It also shows that McCarrick increasingly disregarded those restrictions and went on to play a notable role in the Vatican-China negotiations.
In the correspondence, obtained by Crux, the ex-cardinal promises not to travel without Vatican permission and to resign from all his roles in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. However, McCarrick disputes an order not to come to Rome.
