Theodore McCarrick, ex-cardinal and Archbishop of Washington D.C., to face sex abuse charges in Boston court

Rome — Theodore McCarrick, the former Archbishop of Washington D.C., was due in court on Friday to face child sex abuse charges. McCarrick was stripped of his rank as a cardinal and removed from the priesthood after the Vatican confirmed other allegations of abuse against him.

Now 91, McCarrick was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday at the Dedham District Court outside Boston. He was expected to enter a plea in the criminal case on charges filed a month ago, accusing him of sexually assaulting a teenage boy almost 50 years ago in Massachusetts. As CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay reports from Rome, it was to be a profound day of reckoning for the disgraced former cardinal, as well as for the Catholic Church. Victims hope that the criminal trial of the former prelate will send a strong signal that no one, no matter how powerful, is above the law.