 In 2005 and 2007, the Diocese of Metuchen and the Archdiocese of Newark paid financial settlements to two priests who had accused McCarrick of abuse.According to Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, nobody from the Diocese of Metuchen informed him of these settlements, even after the retired McCarrick began living on the grounds of a seminary in the Archdiocese of Washington.Having passed the normal retirement age of 75, Bishop Bootkoski's resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on March 8, 2016.