Washington, DC
Archdiocese tight-lipped on McCarrick payouts
The Archdiocese of Washington has declined to comment on ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s use of funds. McCarrick, who was reduced to the lay state after being exposed as having committed sexual abuse, was Archbishop of Washington from 2006 to 2018. The Catholic News Agency reported that through his Archbishop’s Fund, McCarrick made gifts to senior Vatican figures, whose names are in the archdiocesan archives.
The archdiocese, while acknowledging that the fund existed, has declined to disclose who received money, or how much. It also declined to comment on whether details of the fund were included in a report on McCarrick submitted to Rome.
