Vatican to release report on disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Then cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick poses for a photo in Rome (Andrew Medichini/AP)

The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy, setting up a remarkable moment in the Vatican’s long reckoning with clergy sexual abuse and cover-up.

The Vatican said on Friday the report would span McCarrick’s entire life, from his birth in 1930 to the 2017 allegations that brought about his downfall.