Archbishop of Washington Theodore Cardinal McCarrick prays during a prayer for deceased bishops 11 November 2002 at the start of the morning session of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops being held in the Capitol Hyatt in Washington, DC. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops met here 11 November to revise its policy on pedophile priests after the Vatican rejected their first "zero tolerance" recommendation to dismiss any one accused of such crimes.

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Archbishop of Washington Theodore Cardinal McCarrick prays during a prayer for deceased bishops November 11, 2002 at the start of the morning session of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops being held in the Capitol Hyatt in Washington, DC. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops met to revise its policy on pedophile priests after the Vatican rejected their first "zero tolerance" recommendation to dismiss any one accused of such crimes.

COMMENTARY: McCarrick never attempted to slink around in the shadows, lest he appear to have something to hide. He was more devilishly clever than that.