{"id":2566,"date":"2019-12-28T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2019-12-28T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:44:31","slug":"catholic-church-became-a-racket-with-cash-bribes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=2566","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Church Became a Racket with Cash Bribes and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-cardinal sent cash to church leaders during abuse probe: report<\/h1>\n

By Vincent Barone
\nNew York Post<\/p>\n

\"Theodore

Theodore McCarrick – AP<\/p><\/div>\n

Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in church funds to Catholic leaders as he\u00a0faced mounting sexual abuse allegations<\/a>, according to a report.<\/p>\n

McCarrick since 2001 sent $600,000 in checks to high-ranking church officials \u2014 including several directly in charge of assessing claims against him \u2014 all while the Catholic church faced criticism for failing to act on McCarrick\u2019s alleged misbehavior,\u00a0an investigation by the Washington Post found.<\/a><\/p>\n

As McCarrick doled out the vast sums of cash, he rose to prominence, becoming entrenched at the highest levels of the U.S Catholic Church despite accusations dating back to 2000.<\/p>\n

While serving as archbishop, McCarrick pulled money from an account at the Archdiocese of Washington. Recipients of McCarrick\u2019s generosity included Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, who received $90,00 and $291,000, respectively, according to the report.<\/p>\n

McCarrick was defrocked in February after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and of \u201csins\u201d with both minors and adults. He was the first cardinal to have been defrocked.<\/p>\n

He had previously served as a major fundraiser for the Vatican and acted as a spokesman for US bishops when they undertook a no-tolerance policy for sexually abusive priests in 2002.<\/p>\n

The decision made McCarrick the highest-ranking Catholic clergyman\u00a0to be pushed out of the priesthood<\/a> through the church\u2019s sex-abuse scandals.<\/p>\n

Clerics denied to the Washington Post that the money had any impact on the church\u2019s decision-making, describing the funs as \u201ccustomary gifts among Catholic leaders\u201d during Christmas time or as a \u201cgesture of appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, who received $6,500 from McCarrick, told the paper that the gifts \u201cnever had any effect on the Cardinal\u2019s decision-making as an official of the Holy See.\u201d\u00a0 The Vatican declined comment.<\/p>\n

An attorney for McCarrick, Barry Coburn, declined to comment on the findings of the Washington Post investigation. In the past, McCarrick has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

McCarrick was ordained as a priest in New York in 1958 and served as parochial vicar for Blessed Sacrament Parish in Manhattan until 1981.<\/p>\n

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