Current Role
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life
Official Web Site: http://www.laityfamilylife.va/
Mailing Address: Piazza S. Calisto 16, 00153 Roma
Telephone: 06.69.86.93.00; 06.69.86.93.31
What Has Been Reported
- Lived with Theodore McCarrick while in Washington DC.
- Appointed vicar-general for the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. by McCarrick in 2001.
- McCarrick supported Farrell’s promotion to Bishop of Dallas and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
- Farrell designed his Dallas crest in tribute to McCarrick.
- Farrell claims to know nothing about McCarrick’s history of abuse.
Questions
- While McCarrick’s sexual exploits were fairly common knowledge among seminarians, priests and reporters, how is it that you could have lived with McCarrick for six years and not have been aware of his actions?
- McCarrick reportedly took seminarians fishing with him and to a house on the Jersey shore while he was in Washington, DC. Did you ever attend any of there outings?