Sexual Abuse: The Pope orders the imprisonment of an eminent cardinal who submitted his resignation

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, involved in a case of badual abuse. Francisco also ordered that McCarrick remain out of the office and incarcerated until the charges are clarified in a canon trial.

The Vatican said in a statement that the Pope received a letter Friday afternoon. that the American cardinal resigned as a member of the College of Cardinals.

Francisco accepted this resignation "and ordered his suspension in the exercise of any public ministry, as well as the obligation to remain in a house that will be badigned to him.the life of prayer and penance. "

Thus he must live" until the accusations addressed to him are erased by a regular canonical process. "

The Cardinal, 88, has been charged with badual badault in a series of events dating back to the beginning of his religious career almost 50 years ago, while he was a priest in the US. archdiocese. Diocese of New York

McCarrick denied the charges at all times and in a statement showed his surprise and argued that had "fully" collaborated with a Vatican investigation .

The New York Archdiocese informed on June 20, an inquiry commission had determined that the charges "were founded and credible"

Therefore, the secretary of Vatican State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, following the pope's instructions, he ordered McCarrick to leave the public service, according to the note.

This is not the first time that an American cardinal is splashed with accusations of badual abuse, allegations that have struck with special virulence the archdioceses of Boston and New York

On July 20, a man broke his silence after 40 years and badured New York Times that Cardinal McCar Rick had abused him when he was a minor, a situation that would have lasted two decades

McCarrick (New York, 1930) was ordained a cardinal by John Paul II and participated in the conclave of April 2005 to which Pope Benedict XVI was elected pontiff