James Francis McCarthy

[2] McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Terence Cooke at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan on June 1, 1968, for the Archdiocese of New York.

[3] After his 1968 ordination, the archdiocese assigned McCarthy as an assistant pastor at St. Denis Parish in Hopewell Junction, New York.

[3] As auxiliary bishop, McCarthy served as pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Shrub Oak, New York while overseeing northern Westchester, Putnam and Rockland Counties.

[1] In June 2002, Cardinal Edward Egan received a letter from a woman who claimed to have had a consensual affair as an adult with McCarthy.

[4] On June 15, 2002, John Paul II accepted McCarthy's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of New York.