By Emily Mae Czachora defrocked former cardinal who once served as the archbishop of Washington D. Those charges, which included three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, stemmed from his alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s. Those charges, which included three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, stemmed from his alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s