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McCarrick’s Private Letters Confirm Viganò

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 88, had indeed restrictions imposed on him by Benedict XVI, his private letters, obtained by CruxNow.com (May 28), confirm. Whistleblower Archbishop Carlo Viganò revealedMore
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 88, had indeed restrictions imposed on him by Benedict XVI, his private letters, obtained by CruxNow.com (May 28), confirm.
Whistleblower Archbishop Carlo Viganò revealed this already in August 2018.
The McCarrick letters date from 2008 to 2017. They were provided by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo, McCarrick’s personal aide during two decades.
McCarrick had to promise to Benedict XVI not to travel without Vatican permission and to give up all his functions. The Vatican kept these restrictions confidential to “avoid publicity”, Figueiredo explained.
Nevertheless, McCarrick gradually resumed traveling, already under Benedict XVI and more so under Francis who even promoted two McCarrick friends making them cardinals.
In the letters, McCarrick denies any homosexual misconduct, “I have never had sexual relations with anyone.” But he admits sharing his bed with seminarians.
He mentions discussing the restrictions with Cardinal Wuerl in 2008 praising Wuerl’s “help …More
Ultraviolet
Retired Bishop John McCormack famously claimed during a deposition that he signed papers authorizing the transfer of paedo-priests during abuse cover-ups but that didn't prove he actually read the documents. All it proved was he'd signed them.
I wish I could have managed to stick some blank diocean checks under that guy's pen.More
Retired Bishop John McCormack famously claimed during a deposition that he signed papers authorizing the transfer of paedo-priests during abuse cover-ups but that didn't prove he actually read the documents. All it proved was he'd signed them.

I wish I could have managed to stick some blank diocean checks under that guy's pen.
advoluntas@aol.com
I slept with them but never #@%& them. Yeah right. I believe you homoheretic.
Eva
We should remember that Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh questioned the existence of the sanctions against McCarrick.
HerzMariae
Francis loves shaking hands with Communists. Unlike Francis, we remember.
Holy Cannoli
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Tesa
McCarrick in tese letters, "I have always considered my priests and seminarians as part of my family, and just as I have shared a bed with my cousins and uncles and other relatives without thinking of it being wrong"