former cardinal theodore mccarrick of washington, d.c. who was accused of abusing a minor. in response bishops wanted to do two things, they wanted to set a standard of conduct for bishops and they also wanted to create a lay-led commission to investigate those bishops. they had come up with those proposals. the letter from cardinal roulette, who was in charge of the cardinal of bishops, made clear the congregation didn t have enough time to look at the proposals. he only got them formally on november 8. his letter was written on november 11, the meeting happened on november 12. what s most interesting about this letter, though, it s not the first time he asked them not to vote. he actually had sent a letter the week before asking them not to vote. so this whole idea of surprise, i was there when cardinal din d