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@ Display name 99: Try this archive link? [1]. The article mentions that "the Archdiocese of Newark and its archbishop" were named in the lawsuit, but it's not clear to me whether or not that means McCarrick. Cheers, gnu 57 22:57, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
I feel that McCarrick is eligible for Category:Religious figures convicted of child sexual abuse, Category:American members of the clergy convicted of crimes, and Category:American people convicted of child sexual abuse because he was found guilty by the CDF in a canonical trial. Unless we feel like creating special parallel categories for ecclesial trials and convictions, a conviction is a conviction in any court of law. Elizium23 ( talk) 07:16, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
The lead describes him as a "former cardinal and bishop". There are two issues I am raising. Most importantly, is the term "former bishop" appropriate? I assume that Wikipedia would identify someone as a Catholic bishop if the Catholic Church says he is a bishop. It is my understanding that McCarrick is still considered a bishop since the church teaches that Holy Orders can never be removed, although his authority to function in any ordained ministry has been removed. An example of such a situation that I was taught is that in an emergency when no other priest is available, a laicized priest can administer last rites when someone is in danger of death. So my question is: Is "former bishop" an inappropriate term for McCarrick? If so, then the second issue is grammatical. I understand "former cardinal and bishop" to be equivalent to "former cardinal and former bishop". So should the rewording be "bishop and former cardinal"? Sundayclose ( talk) 03:19, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
It is true that for contemporary ordinary bishops, 75 is a mandatory retirement age, but this is a relatively new thing; for most of history, bishops died in office. So I am not sure that we can say "all bishops retire at 75 so we don't need to say it." Elizium23 ( talk) 22:56, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
On October 6, 2018, the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had decided that "a thorough study of the entire documentation present in the Archives of the Dicasteries and Offices of the Holy See regarding the former Cardinal McCarrick, in order to ascertain all the relevant facts, to place them in their historical context and to evaluate them objectively". This is not a properly worded sentence. The Pope has decided that "a thorough study ..." is what? 71.34.93.226 ( talk) 21:56, 1 December 2020 (UTC) Hyrum