August 2, 2018 – Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on rescinding Cardinal McCarrick’s honorary degree
https://news.nd.edu/news/statement-from-rev-john-i-jenkins-c-s-c-on-rescinding-cardinal-mccarricks-honorary-degree/ The only honorary degree that the University of Notre Dame has rescinded was that of Bill Cosby, and this action was taken only after judicial proceedings in criminal court concluded with a guilty verdict. Recently, serious allegations of sexual abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a 2008 honorary degree recipient, were found ‘credible and substantiated’ by a…