Zmirak: "McCarrick, According to One Boy He Molested..infamous among other bishops..sexually harassing male seminarian..Francis sent him to negotiate his anti-Trump alliance with Communist China"

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... The Legacy of Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, According to One Boy He Molested

Once the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the mentor of most of the leading bishops Pope Francis picked to rule the Catholic Church in the U.S., Theodore McCarrick was infamous among other bishops and priests for sexually harassing male seminarians. Nevertheless, Pope Francis sent him to negotiate his anti-Trump alliance with Communist China in 2018. It was only after proof emerged that McCarrick had personally molested a young boy decades earlier that Francis finally was compelled to defrock him — and yet McCarrick still avoided being tried for his crime because of his supposed senility. He died a few days ago at the age of 94. 

Catholic children’s advocate Elizabeth Yore writes of him:

While McCarrick visited several presidential oval offices, he continued to prey on vulnerable seminarians around the world, seemingly unchallenged. He even received a Presidential Award and global acclaim for his frenetic humanitarian advocacy.

McCarrick was always flush with cash and connections. He proudly displayed his little black book full of private numbers of presidents, prime ministers, financial titans, Hollywood celebrities, royalty and politicians. One victim disclosed that before Ted molested him, McCarrick showed him his little black book with the names of Bush, Hillary and Bill Clinton. The threat was very clear: McCarrick is powerful, untouchable and very connected. Don’t cross him.

Ironically, McCarrick reigned as the most prominent prelate in the Catholic Church, yet he remains shrouded in secrecy.

The sources, amount, and location of his vast financial empire are unknown.

Here’s a powerful testimony from James Grein, the man whom McCarrick molested as a boy, on the legacy he and his cronies have created in the church.

McCarrick victim James Grein tells @JoeDMcClane McCarrick’s general predation began in 1965

“he infiltrated many families – he befriended each family & wormed his way into it & destroyed children”… pic.twitter.com/BMo3O3groj

— Michael Haynes (@MLJHaynes) April 8, 2025