▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁after ▁public ity ▁over ▁a ▁ 5 0 - year - old ▁accus ation ▁that ▁former ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Washington ▁The odore ▁McC arr ick ▁had ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁mol est ing ▁a ▁te en age ▁boy , ▁news ▁came ▁out ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁also ▁many ▁accus ations ▁and ▁legal ▁settlement s ▁in ▁the ▁three ▁dioc eses ▁where ▁McC arr ick ▁had ▁served ▁as ▁ordinary ▁that ▁McC arr ick ▁had ▁har ass ed ▁and ▁mol ested ▁adult ▁men ▁in ▁his ▁sem inary ▁formation ▁programs ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁young ▁pri ests . ▁Question s ▁were ▁presented ▁in ▁many ▁news ▁articles ▁as ▁to ▁which ▁of ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁who ▁served ▁with ▁McC arr ick ▁were ▁aware ▁and ▁did ▁nothing . ▁Far rell ▁is ▁the ▁highest ▁ranking ▁of ▁these ▁b ish ops , ▁having ▁been ▁chosen ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁by ▁McC arr ick ▁as ▁an ▁auxili ary ▁bishop ▁and ▁then ▁having ▁served ▁with ▁McC arr ick ▁through ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁Arch di oc ese ▁of ▁Washington . ▁In ▁those ▁years ▁Far rell ▁also ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁high ▁ranking ▁position ▁of ▁vic ar ▁general . ▁Far rell ' s ▁high ▁regard ▁for ▁McC arr ick ▁is ▁demonstrated ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁central ▁l ion ▁on ▁his ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁was ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁coat ▁of ▁arms ▁of ▁McC arr ick . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁shared ▁a ▁four ▁bed room ▁a partment ▁with ▁McC arr ick ▁and ▁two