cardinal donald wuerl the curren archbishop of d.c.an exclusive interview he told our news warnings wtop he views this as a big step forward. >> the pope is saying, we need o tothat we are hearing these things, paying attention o hem, and acting. >> mccarrick put out a statement saying he has no memeny of the unters and claiming he's innocent. he will soon face a church trial by the vatican. w>> it's encouraging peop kept these things buried to step forward and say even though this happened a long time ago, i want you to know it happened. ur >> catholic members hoping it never happens again. >> the church has to move on and btry to make corrections t they can. they have certainly been doing that. i think there's been a lot of energy. >> aimee cho, news 4. >>> so this morning we are hearing from the loudoun county resident who said mccarrick abused him for many yes growing up. he first went public with allegations in the "new york times." he shared his reaction to mccarrick's resignation with our david culver. h asked we not show his fa

. >> cardinal donald wuerl, thepr archbishop ising the archbishop for taking action against mccarrickpoke exclusively to our news partners at wtop. >> the pope is saying we need to show that we're hearing these things, paying attention to them fd acting. >>st allegations against mccarrick surfaced last month. word of some settlements have now become public. >>> a story developg this rning, civil rights activist and u.s. representative john lewis is expected to be releasei from the hostal today. this after being admitt d last nighr undisclosed reasons. his spokesperson said lewis is resting comfortably and there for route observation. the 78-year-old was instrumental in the civil rights movement of 0s marching alongside martin luther king, jr. in selma, alabama. >> the tim right now is 7:06. an update on tractor-trailer that happened off chesapeake bay tunnel.er we're told d have found the truck and at least one body was inside it. thsh c happened friday evening during severe weather. crews had been searching for the rig and the drir since that time. a van carrying five passengers n th

00, the archbishop of washington responds to the unprecedented resignation of cardinal theodore mccarrick. what donald wuerl said the move means for the future of the church. plus, a accuser talks to news4. >> i could not feel any emotion. i could never have intimacy. >> his message to mccarrick and her potential victims. >> and the body of a young person found on the campus of a local elementary school. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. >> a revered leader in the roman catholic church making history by stepping down. ood evening, i'm erika gonzalez. theater mccarrick, the former archbishop of washington, is in resi after months of sex abuse allegations. news4's aimee cho has reaction to the stunning announcement ang joins us t from the newsroom. aimee? >> erika, mccarrick was a popular and well liked religious leader here in d.c., but toda some members of the catholic church told us they new see him as a hypocrite. ♪ >> reporter: for five years, this was the man who led the catholic church here in d.c. archbishop theodore mccarrick, now stripped of his title of cardinal for allegations of sex abuse. today memb