Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick Faces New Sex Abuse Charges Related to Alleged 1977 Assault

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing new sexual assault accusations tied to an alleged incident that occurred more than 40 years ago.
McCarrick is charged in Wisconsin with one count of sexual assault in the fourth degree.
The alleged victim told investigators that McCarrick had repeatedly sexually assaulted him since he was 11 and even brought him to parties where other adult men sexually assaulted him.
McCarrick became the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official in the U.S. to face criminal charges for sexual abuse when he was accused in 2021 of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts at a wedding reception in 1974.
Wisconsin prosecutors learned of the alleged 1977 assault through a program dedicated to prosecuting instances of abuse by faith leaders, and officials were able to charge McCarrick because the statute of limitations does not apply to people who are not residents of the state.