enjoyed a spectacular career at the heart of washington and rome. when they were summoned to the vatican in 2002 at the beginning of the sex abuse scandal, cardinal mccarrick was the reassuring face of that scandal. i can t see how anyone in the united states today would cover up something like that. theodore mccarrick was created a cardinal in 2001 by john paul ii. an american priest wrote to the vatican to warn them of accusations that the cardinal was sexually abusing semin arianes. mccarrick was quietly advised not to travel or be seen in public. and lead a secret life in prayer and penance. a recommendation which the cardinal seemed to ignore. as he continued traveling and appearing in public, even at the
us. reporter: he was once a prince of the church and the friend of presidents, former washington, d.c. cardinal theodore mccarrick enjoyed a spectacular career in the heart of power in washington and rome. when the vatican was summoned at the sex abuse scandal if 2002, cardinal mccarrick was the reassuring face of that crisis, abdicating zero tolerance for abusers even though 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 them of rumors that he was abusing seminarians. but no action was taken for years until according to vatican under benedict 16th, he was advised to live a discreet life
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
sex abuse scandal, he was the face of that crisis. advocating zero tolerance for abusers. i can t see how anyone in the united states today would cover up something like that. reporter: he was created a cardinal in 2001 by john paul ii. around that time, an american priest wrote to the vatican to warn him of rumors that the cardinal was sexually abusing seminari seminarians. no action was taken until mccarrick was quietly advised not to travel or be seen in public and lead a life of prayer and presence to avoid further rumors. a recommendation which the cardinal seemed to continued to appear in public even in the conclave that electled francis.
doesn t resign and if they don t start the process of not only investigating this government, but starting over, not just new elections, but starting over from the constitutional level of haiti, it s going to be a difficult time for many, many days or months to come. anna. miguel marquez thank you for bringing us a stark reality there from port-au-prince haiti. a once powerful u.s. cardinal, the latest to fall from grace over the sex abuse scandal. theodore mccar rick. he becomes the highest ranking member of the priesthood expelled after a time found him guilty. he is the one who has saved us. he was once a prince of the church and a friend of presidents. cardinal theodore mccarrick