![VATICAN CITY - JANUARY 15: Pope John Paul II (R) greets Washington's Archbishop Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick at the Pope's weekly general audience January 15, 2003 in Vatican City, Italy. VATICAN CITY - JANUARY 15: Pope John Paul II (R) greets Washington's Archbishop Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick at the Pope's weekly general audience January 15, 2003 in Vatican City, Italy.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20201110201120_3f2171ddf6d075dbbe9b3a3a82329e6f4e880d9308b6938ebb46d6d2c8bd1e31.jpeg)
JPII Biographer: ‘Pathological’ McCarrick ‘Lied to’ the Pope
George Weigel, biographer of St. John Paul II, said that McCarrick was a “pathological personality,” and that his ability to lie to, and deceive those around him was a “hallmark” of his career and rise in the Church.