Actually, many people found it odd that McCarrick only served as Archbishop for five years. Benedict had been pope for less than a year and replaced McCarrick as soon as he turned 75.
“Actually, many people found it odd that McCarrick only served as Archbishop for five years. Benedict had been pope for less than a year and replaced McCarrick as soon as he turned 75.”
You may be thinking of his role as Cardinal of Washington DC; he was the Archbishop of Newark in NJ (a larger, though less visible diocese) for much longer.
Actually, Cardinal McCarrick’s resignation wasn't accepted for nearly 10 months, which was pretty typical under Pope Benedict, who seemed to accept bishops’ resignations far more speedily than Pope John Paul II.
And his replacement, Wuerl, is hardly any sort of improvement.
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