spectacular career at the heart of power in washington and in rome. when the u.s. cardinals were summoned to the vatican by john paul ii in 2002 at the beginning of the sex abuse scandal, cardinal mccarrick was the reassuring face of the crisis, advocating zero tolerance for abusers, even as there were unrevealed allegations against him. >> i can't see how anyone in the united states today would cover up something like that. >> reporter: theodore mccarrick was created a cardinal in 2001 by john paul ii. around that time an american priest wrote to the vatican to warn of rumors the cardinal was sexually abusing seminaryians. no action was taken for years until under benedict xvi he was advised not to travel. >> we apologize having to interrupt that report. let's go to aurora for an update on the workplace shooting yesterday. >> review yesterday's time line