Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from College of Cardinals

NachrichtenJul 28, 2018

Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from College of Cardinals

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, from the College of Cardinals.

Pope Francis has also imposed on Cardinal McCarrick suspension ad divinis and directs him to observe a life of prayer and penance in seclusion until the completion of the canonical process.

The statement of this resignation and these stipulations was publicized in Rome on July 28, 2018.

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JungerheldJul 29, 2018

...can we request truth serum?

mccallansteveJul 28, 2018

McCarrick knows all the dirt on many, many bishops and they will take good care of him so that he keeps his mouth shut.

Dr BobusJul 28, 2018

McCarrick must be laicized. Any other sanction is not sufficient. The evil he has done is immeasurable.

HerzMariaeJul 28, 2018

Cardinal Ratzinger pushed unsuccessfully for tougher action against Groer. As for this ‘historic shift’, I think it has more to do with the Washington Post and the New York Times than with a new spirit of reform.

De ProfundisJul 28, 2018

Cardinal McCarrick will become the highest ranking figure in the Church to face a trial for sex abuse allegations.

TesaJul 28, 2018

When Austrian Cardinal Groer was accused of abuse in the 1990s he retreated from public life to live in a monastery. The move against McCarrick, who is now facing possible dismissal from priesthood, marks an historic shift in holding senior Church figures to account.