Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Charged with Sexual Assault in Wisconsin.

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019, has been charged with sexual assault in Wisconsin over an alleged incident that occurred in 1977. The charge follows multiple similar allegations against McCarrick, who pleaded not guilty to separate sexual assault charges in Massachusetts in 2021. McCarrick was once considered the most powerful cardinal in the US, but was stripped of his titles and defrocked based on evidence that suggested he had sexually abused children and seminary students for decades.