McCarrick, Theodore Edgar (1930-…), was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During his years in the Roman Catholic clergy, he gained a reputation in international affairs and campaigned for human rights throughout the world. McCarrick was removed from public ministry in 2018, following accusations of sexual misconduct. He resigned from the College of Cardinals later that same year. In 2019, the Vatican found McCarrick guilty of sexual abuse and expelled him from the priesthood.
McCarrick was born in New York City on July 7, 1930. He studied at Fordham University; St. Joseph’s Seminary, in Yonkers, New York; and the Catholic University of America. McCarrick was ordained a priest in 1958. He served as dean of students at the Catholic University of America from 1961 to 1963, and as president of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (later the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico) from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1977, McCarrick was secretary to Terence Cardinal Cooke, archbishop of New York. McCarrick was named auxiliary bishop of New York in 1977. In 1981, he became the first bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey. He served as archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, from 1986 to 2001. In 2001, Pope John Paul II named McCarrick to the College of Cardinals. McCarrick was archbishop of Washington, D.C., from 2001 until he retired in 2006.
