USCCB Statement on Holy See’s Report on Theodore McCarrick zenit.org

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the statement below regarding the Vatican’s report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, released today in Rome.

I welcome the report of the Holy See’s investigation into its knowledge and decision-making regarding Theodore McCarrick during his long career as a priest, bishop, and cardinal. We are studying these findings, and we are grateful to our Holy Father Pope Francis for his pastoral concern for the family of God in the United States and his leadership in calling the Church to greater accountability and transparency in addressing issues of abuse and the mishandling of abuse claims at every level…

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