USCCB meets with looming McCarrick anniversary

Have Church leaders made good on the pledges they made five years ago? What can bishops do about that?

When the U.S. bishops meet in Orlando this week, they do so with the looming anniversary of an ignominious moment in the Church’s life. Next week will be five years since the Archdiocese of New York announced a credible allegation of child abuse against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and a torrent of allegations against the prominent churchman follow…