Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said he would step down as archbishop of the Washington Archdiocese in June after Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation Tuesday.

McCarrick, 75, will be replaced by Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Wuerl. McCarrick called Wuerl a close friend at a news conference to introduce the new leader of the archdiocese, which encompasses 565,000 Catholics and 115 parochial schools in the District and Maryland.

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