NEW YORK CITY (NY)
New York Times
June 24, 2018
By Mark Joseph Williams
Re “Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse Is Removed From Ministry” (news article, June 21):
I don’t buy for one minute that Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick has absolutely no recollection of sexually abusing a minor 47 years ago.
Coincidentally, it was 47 years ago when I was sexually abused by a Catholic priest. Victims do not forget. I haven’t.
Removing a prelate like Cardinal McCarrick so soon after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Juan Barros Madrid of Chile, who also claimed loss of memory, feels like a watershed moment.
For the sake of the church, I hope so.
Mark Joseph Williams
Far Hills, N.J.
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