The crimes are alleged to have happened 1974-1978. How would anyone go about proving this now? Is proof no longer necessary?
And once the accusation is made, how could the case be defended? No witnesses, no memories, few records.... Statutes of limitation exist for a reason but were eliminated in these cases for political reasons. A cash cow for the plaintiffs bar, especially when the defendant is a known scoundrel like McCarrick. Of course, it is the Church’s own fault for harboring and facilitating so many homosexuals. Yet, it is not the “Church” who pays but the generations of believers whose donations funded the assets that will pay the settlements. Meanwhile, Pope Francis fiddles.
A Catholic priest is presumed guilty. Look at Cardinal Pell, Bishop Nienstedt, Bishop Finn... all innocent, all scapegoated and persecuted.