Ciolek was in his early 20s and studying to be a priest when McCarrick allegedly singled him out and began inviting him on overnight trips, he told the New York Times.

McCarrick would touch him in bed, but only above the waist, he said. They would never kiss. The alleged abuse lasted for several years.

McCarrick rose from Bishop of Metuchen to Archbishop of Newark, then eventually Archbishop of Washington, D.C. He was eventually appointed a cardinal by Pope John Paul II.

Ciolek, who later became a priest, told no one about the abuse until he started to get counseling after he left the priesthood, married and became a lawyer.

Then, in 2004, he filed for a settlement from the church and received $80,000 from the Archdiocese of Newark and the Dioceses of Trenton and Metuchen the following year, the New York Times reported.

Ciolek said he could not speak publicly about the settlement until the church released him from a confidentiality agreement after McCarrick was removed from ministry. 

McCarrick's second alleged adult victim was a priest who received a $100,000 in a 2007 settlement with the church, the New York Times reported.

The priest, who was not named, alleged McCarrick asked him to put on a striped sailor shirt and a pair of shorts and join him in bed, where McCarrick put his arms and legs around him. The priest also alleged he saw McCarrick having sex with another young priest during a fishing trip, according to a written statement obtained by The New York Times.

The priest who accused McCarrick of abuse was later forced to resign from the priesthood himself after he allegedly abused teenage boys, the report said.

McCarrick, 88, has not spoken about the settlements or the allegations by the adult victims. He declined an interview with NJ Advance Media through a spokesman.

When he was removed from ministry last month, McCarrick said he had no memory of abusing a teeenager 50 years ago while he was a priest in New York.

"While I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence, I am sorry for the pain the person who brought the charges has gone through, as well as for the scandal such charges cause our people," McCarrick said in a June 20 statement.

He said he cooperated with the investigation of that incident.

"I fully cooperated in the process," McCarrick said. "My sadness was deepened when I was informed that the allegations had been determined credible and substantiated."

The man who accused McCarrick of abusing him as a teenager nearly 50 years ago is a married New Jersey businessman who does not want his name revealed, Pat Noaker, his attorney, told NJ Advance Media.

The man said he was a 16-year-old attending Cathedral Prep Seminary in Manhattan when he was measured for a special cassock for altar servers at the 1971 Christmas Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Noaker said.

He alleged, McCarrick, then a monsignor, unzipped the teenager's pants him while measuring him for the garment. The boy pulled away.

The following year, McCarrick allegedly cornered the teenager in a bathroom and put his hand down the boy's pants.

Now 62, the New Jersey businessman contacted the Archdiocese of New York when he heard there was a panel considering settlements for alleged victims, Noaker said. He knew nothing about the alleged adult victims in New Jersey who reached settlements with the church after accusing McCarrick of abuse more than a decade ago.

"He had the experience of being saddened that others had been hurt," Noaker said. "But this was further validation that this happened to him."

The man was also happy to hear the Vatican used his complaint to remove McCarrick from ministry.

"He feels as though he's been heard now," Noaker said. "That meant something to him personally as well as philosophically."    

Because of the statute of limitations on sexual abuse in New York, when child victims must come forward by age 23, it is unlikely McCarrick will be charged with a crime for the alleged 50-year-old incident.

In New Jersey, the law suspends the statute of limitations if sexual abuse victims fail to realize the extent of their abuse until they are adults.