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Theodore McCarrick, the former American cardinal expelled by Pope Francis, was criminally charged with sexually assaulting a teen boy in 1974.

Thursday, July 29, 2021 3:59 PM EST

The criminal complaint, filed by the Wellesley police in the Dedham District Court in Massachusetts, makes Mr. McCarrick the highest ranking Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the sexual abuse crisis that has plagued the church for decades.

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