2018 will no doubt be remembered as a dark time for the U.S. Catholic Church.
Catholics felt betrayed by Church leaders accused of sexual misconduct and cover-up revealed this summer and this cloud still hung over the Church at the year’s end.
In June, allegations were made against then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, accused of sexually abusing a minor almost 50 years ago and having sexual contact with seminarians while he was a bishop in New Jersey.
https://todayscatholic.org/u-s-bishops-move-to-address-allegations-of-abuse-claims-of-cover-up/
https://todayscatholic.org/u-s-bishops-move-to-address-allegations-of-abuse-claims-of-cover-up/
