
Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse
Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick is seen in Rome, Feb. 13, 2013. (Associated Press) In the latest development to rock the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the longtime archbishop of Washington, D.C., who resigned from the church's College of Cardinals last year amid sexual misconduct allegations. The punishment for the once-powerful prelate was announced Saturday, […]
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