A Vatican investigation into ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians. Pope John Paul II greets McCarrick on Jan. 15, 2003 in Vatican City, Italy. He's destroyed me and he's destroyed thousands of other lives.… It's time that the Catholic Church comes clean with all of its destruction." Investigators interviewed 90 people, including McCarrick's victims, former seminarians and priests, officials from U.S. charities and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Vatican ills also alleged in France, BritainIt was released a few days before U.S. bishops gather for their annual fall meeting.

Source: CBC News November 10, 2020 15:11 UTC