{"id":2020904,"date":"2023-09-03T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cardinal-is-ruled-not-competent-to-stand-trial-for-sex-abuse-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:54:39","slug":"former-cardinal-is-ruled-not-competent-to-stand-trial-for-sex-abuse-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cardinal-is-ruled-not-competent-to-stand-trial-for-sex-abuse-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Cardinal Deemed Incompetent for Sex Abuse Trial in MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-cardinal-is-ruled-not-competent-to-stand-trial-for-sex-abuse-in-massachusetts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Highest-Ranking Catholic Official Accused of\u200b Sexual Abuse Deemed Incompetent for Trial<\/h2>\n<p>The highest-ranking Catholic \u2064official to have been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ariz-prison-escapees-recaptured-after-manhunt\/\" title=\"Ariz. prison escapees recaptured after manhunt\">sexual abuse<\/a> in the United States is not competent to stand trial, a Massachusetts district court judge ruled Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cardinal-is-ruled-not-competent-to-stand-trial-for-sex-abuse-in-massachusetts\/\" title=\"Ex-Cardinal Deemed Incompetent for Sex Abuse Trial in MA\">ruling frees 93-year-<\/a>old former \u2062Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from a criminal trial, at least in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The case, however, has put a broader spotlight on several issues within the Catholic Church:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A closure of Catholic schools across the \u2062country<\/li>\n<li>A rise in woke ideology \u200bin the church<\/li>\n<li>A substantial drop in seminarian enrollment<\/li>\n<li>The Pope&#8217;s\u2064 continued stand against women \u200cin the priesthood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-depth-abortion-transgender-services-communion-and-the-transition-of-catholic-church-leadership-5470424\">IN-DEPTH:\u200c Abortion, Transgender Services, Communion,\u2063 and the\u2063 &#8216;Transition&#8217; of Catholic Church Leadership<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/21\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/film-review-sound-of-freedom-5433251\">Film Review &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/4\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>C.J. Doyle, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League\u200b of Massachusetts, expressed \u2063concern about the future of the \u2063church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are definitely seeing its struggle with the long-term\u2063 impact of sins by some of our leaders,&#8221; he said, referring \u2064to the \u200cformer cardinal as a &#8220;posturing hypocrite.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is\u2063 a\u200c pity that this fiend will not be brought to the bar of justice, \u2063but he awaits, \u2063in the not-too-distant future, a higher judgment,&#8221; Mr. Doyle said.<\/p>\n<p>The former cardinal has been \u2062accused of \u2063sexually abusing 14 minors, including one as \u200dyoung as\u2064 10 years\u200d old, and eight seminarians in four states. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-cuba-gooding-jr-pleads-guilty-to-forcible-touching-following-multiple-allegations\/\" title=\"Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Pleads Guilty To Forcible Touching Following Multiple Allegations\">allegations dating back<\/a> to the 1970s, it wasn&#8217;t until 2021 that criminal charges \u200dwere brought\u2063 against him.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a trail of now-publicized \u2062correspondence and documents exchanged between church leaders evidencing the \u2062cleric&#8217;s alleged abuses,\u200c the church was slow to act.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, \u200cMr. \u2063McCarrick became the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tip-of-the-iceberg-portuguese-catholic-church-accused-of-sexually-abusing-more-than-4800-children\/\" title=\"\u2018Tip Of The Iceberg\u2019: Portuguese Catholic Church Accused Of Sexually Abusing More Than 4,800 Children\">senior church official<\/a> to be laicized, or defrocked, \u2062for sex crimes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020,\u2062 the Vatican \u2064published a 449-page report on the decision entitled &#8220;Report on the Holy See&#8217;s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore \u2064Edgar\u2063 McCarrick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Holy See \u2063is the central government of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts judge ruled on Aug. 30 that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, accused of sexual abuse, is unfit for trial. 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