Defrocked Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Charged with 1977 Sexual Assault
The then-18-year-old victim said McCarrick and Cardinal Joseph Bernardin attacked him on Geneva Lake, Wisconsin
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, speaks during a news conference with senators and national religious leaders at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 8, 2015. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
MADISON, Wis.—Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked cardinal archbishop emeritus of Washington, is charged in Wisconsin with the fourth-degree sexual assault of an 18-year-old man in 1977.
McCarrick, 92, of Hyattsville, Md., was charged in a criminal complaint filed on April 14 in Walworth County, about 60 miles southeast of Madison.
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
