She said she has already heard from many survivors who are concerned and worried about what the report might contain. She plans to listen to and accompany them.
"We must remember that the most vile corruption in human institutions has no bearing on God. Even if it hurts so much that you recoil from the Church, run without fear to God, because Jesus is victor," she said.
"I live for that truth. I survived because of it and I live to bring it to others. Even with the report coming out, whether it's great or terrible, I know that God is the victor in this. It will hurt, it will be awful; I am concerned about people who are close to suicide already because of COVID. But I know that we heal because Jesus is the victor."
Reports of McCarrick's history of sexual abuse were made public in June 2018, when the Archdiocese of New York announced that a sexual abuse allegation against the then-retired McCarrick, received in 2017, was "credible and substantiated."
McCarrick was a priest and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of New York, before he became in 1981 the Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, then Archbishop of Newark, and then Archbishop of Washington, DC, where he retired in 2006.
He became a cardinal in 2001, but resigned from the College of Cardinals after it emerged that he had been credibly accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Allegations of serial sexual abuse of minors, seminarians, and priests soon followed, and McCarrick was laicized in February 2019.
The report is expect to answer questions about how McCarrick rose through the ecclesiastical ranks despite apparently widespread rumors of sexual misconduct over the years, and could also address McCarrick's financial dealings with the Vatican and other senior churchmen, and his reputation for gift-giving and participation in so-called "envelope culture" at the Vatican.
The report could implicate those who knew about McCarrick's abuse before 2017. There is evidence that the Vatican received as early as 2000, when McCarrick was appointed Archbishop of Washington, a complaint of McCarrick sharing a bed with seminarians.
One official who has seen the report described it to CNA as "lengthy."
"The version I saw was more than 600 pages," the official told CNA. "I don't know if it will all go out in the end, or answer everyone's questions, but it says a lot."
One source close to the Washington archdiocesan chancery told CNA that "a roomful of boxes" had been sent to Rome as part of the document review.
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The U.S. bishops are set to convene their Fall General Assembly on Nov. 16. The annual gathering, usually held in Baltimore, will take place online this year due to the coronavirus.
Jonah McKeown is a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic News Agency. He holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has worked as a writer, as a producer for public radio, and as a videographer. He is based in St. Louis.