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By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews - “In an interview, an accuser told The Washington Post that many of the boys knew one another. They often would travel together with McCarrick on fundraising trips to churches and the homes of donors nationwide, where the abuse allegedly would occur,” wrote Boorstein… “It wasn’t until late last year, however, after allegations involving two other boys became public, that the man said he and other accusers contacted officials.”… Victim: ‘We came forward to defend the truth ... to defend the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.’

By Russell Shaw, The Catholic Thing - And indeed that list of ten bishops nominated by their peers for the top offices in the bishops’ conference will be probed for its meaning by people who’ve been following the twists and turns in the relationship between Rome and the Church in the United States... But the list’s most striking feature isn’t the names that are there but the names that aren’t. Missing are the three members of the American hierarchy generally regarded as closest to Pope Francis – Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Newark, and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego.