Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenage Boy In 1970s
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick is charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in the 1970s.
Court records show McCarrick faces three counts of assault and battery.
According to the Boston Globe newspaper, he's accused of assaulting a 16-year-old during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1974.
The 91-year-old is the highest-ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to face criminal charges for sex abuse.
McCarrick was Bishop of Metuchen, Archbishop of Newark and Cardinal of Washington, D.C., until he was defrocked.
