Cardinal Theodore McCarrick punished over abuse finding
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been removed from public ministry and faces further punishment over "credible" allegations that he sexually abused a teenager while a priest in New York more than 40 years ago, the church announced Wednesday. Pope Francis ordered the 87-year-old cardinal's removal pending further action that could end in his expulsion from the priesthood. A church panel determined that a former altar boy's allegations that McCarrick fondled him during ...
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