And a priest accuses him not only of cover-up but of practicing homosexual acts himself.
We continue with Specola, now in his latest article
«We move on to other news and Cardinal Robert McElroy’s troubles are growing and the conflict with Father Michael Briese increases after McElroy allegedly rejected the priest’s request to hold a meeting. He assures that he has been involved in three homosexual affairs over the years prior to his appointment as archbishop of Washington. These accusations represent a significant escalation in the Father Briese, whose previous accusations—which McElroy dismissed as defamatory—had focused on cover-ups of predatory clerical sexual abuse for years by McElroy and his predecessor, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has decided to direct his new allegations towards the personal life of the cardinal-archbishop. In an open letter published on November 1, Briese suggested in explicit and graphic terms that McElroy had engaged in sodomitic practices during the 40 years of his priesthood. The indignant priest accused McElroy of «lifelong infidelity to celibacy and of not living a moral priesthood», and declared: «Your immoral behavior as a priest and ordained bishop of the Catholic Church is despicable!». The specific accusations made by Briese in his letter include three alleged cases. McElroy has asked the Vatican to expel Father Briese from the clerical state.»