{"id":13942,"date":"2019-02-16T04:46:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=13942"},"modified":"2019-02-16T04:46:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T09:46:48","slug":"us-former-cardinal-mccarrick-defrocked-over-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/02\/16\/us-former-cardinal-mccarrick-defrocked-over-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"US former cardinal McCarrick defrocked over abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Roman Catholic cardinal has been defrocked after historic sexual abuse allegations.<\/p>\n

Theodore McCarrick is the most high-profile Catholic figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times.<\/p>\n

US Church officials said allegations he had sexually assaulted a teenager five decades ago were credible.<\/p>\n

Mr McCarrick, 88, had previously resigned but said he had “no recollection” of the alleged abuse.<\/p>\n

Mr McCarrick was the archbishop of Washington DC from 2001 to 2006. Since his resignation last year from the College of Cardinals, he has been living in seclusion in a monastery in Kansas.<\/p>\n

He is among hundreds of members of the clergy accused of sexually abusing children over several decades and his dismissal comes days before the Vatican hosts a summit on preventing child abuse.<\/p>\n

The Vatican said Pope Francis had ruled Mr McCarrick’s expulsion from the clergy as definitive, and would not allow any further appeals against the decision.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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