UNITED STATES
Catholic News Agency
October 1, 2020
By J. D. Flynn
On October 6, 2018, the Holy See announced a review of its files and archives pertaining to Theodore McCarrick, the former Archbishop of Washington, D.C, who is now laicized and living in disgrace, a known sexual abuser who has offered no public words of repentance.
Since the Vatican’s investigation began:
– The longest government shutdown in U.S. history began and ended.
– Lori Loughlin, tv’s beloved Aunt Becky, was arrested, charged, tried, convicted, and imprisoned for bribing her daughters’ way into college.
– Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire, burned, and is now being rebuilt.
– Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, had a baby, quit the royal family, moved to L.A., and signed a deal with Netflix.
– A global pandemic swept across the globe, locked down nations for months, crippled economies, and killed more than 1 million people.
In the same timeframe, here’s what has not happened: The publication of the Vatican’s report on Theodore McCarrick, his rise to power, those who aided him, those who looked the other way, and those he harmed.
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