Cardinal Dolan Latest Prelate To Be Duped By The Vatican On The McCarrick Report

Is it any wonder Catholics have lost trust in the Bishops?

Another day, another missed deadline.  Today Cardinal Timothy Dolan joins the growing ranks of prelates who have had their reputations soiled by carrying the Vatican’s water of deceit on the McCarrick report.  In early August, Dolan told a group of clergy that Vatican sources said the McCarrick report would be issued before the end of August.

Today is September 1st and there is still no report.

Here’s a summary of some of the major events surrounding the promised McCarrick report:

DateDay #Event
06/20/180Cardinal Timothy Dolan announces that an allegation of sexual abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found to be “credible and substantiated.”
08/16/1857Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, President of the U.S. Bishops Conference, issues a statement calling for a formal investigation into Theodore McCarrick.
08/28/1869When asked about the McCarrick investigation Cardinal Blasé Cupich responds, "The Pope has a bigger agenda. He's got to get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the church. We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this."
10/06/18108Vatican commits to a thorough investigation and report on McCarrick, citing Pope Francis’ quote “We will follow the path of truth wherever it may lead.”
11/12/18145Vatican blocks U.S. Bishop’s attempt to hold bishops more responsible in the abuse cases.
11/14/18147U.S. Bishops fail to pass resolution calling for Vatican to release McCarrick documents at their fall conference.
02/15/19240McCarrick is laicized.
02/21/19246Vatican sex abuse summit begins headed by Cardinal Blasé Cupich.
11/11/19509Cardinal Sean O’Malley tells U.S. Bishops the McCarrick report will be released “if not before Christmas, soon in the new year.”
12/10/19538Pope Francis tells Bishop Earl Boyea the McCarrick report will be published “probably after the beginning of the new year.”
02/06/20596Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin tells journalists “I think that [the McCarrick report] will come out soon.”
08/04/20776Cardinal Timothy Dolan tells clergy that McCarrick report should be issued before end of August.
09/01/20804Still no report on Theodore McCarrick.

 

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