A priest sued the Newark Archdiocese and other Catholic agencies Tuesday, accusing them of doing nothing to stop clergy abuse and retaliating against him for helping victims.
The suit, filed by the Rev. Robert Hoatson in U.S. District Court, Manhattan, also alleges that three of the region's top Catholic clerics, including Newark Archbishop John J. Myers, are active homosexuals. The other two named in the suit are Cardinal Edward Egan of the New York Archdiocese and Bishop Howard Hubbard of the Albany Diocese.
Hoatson also said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a former Newark archbishop who now runs the Archdiocese of Washington, is gay, although McCarrick is not named as a defendant.
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Let's see, is McCarrick the one that's been running around, trying to water down the Vatican directive? Isn't he usually on the cutting edge of dissent, especially on sexuality issues? And now someone alleges he's gay--in a court pleading, which is supposed to have a good faith basis in fact, or else the plaintiff and attorney face sanctions. It's obviously terribly immature to cry, "McCarrick's gay! That's why he's been undermining the Vatican!" but the story is worth watching.
