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Vatican City (EFE). The Pope Francisco ordained that the Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Washington Theodore McCarrick remain removed from office and detained until they become clear. in a lawsuit canonical accusations of badual abuse against him
The Holy See today reported in a statement that the pope received a letter Friday afternoon in which the American cardinal submitted his resignation 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 stay in a house that will be badigned to him for a living of Prayer and Penance "
Thus he must live" until the charges against him are erased by a regular canonical process. "
The 88-year-old cardinal was accused of committing badual abuse in a series of events dating back to the beginning of his religious career almost 50 years ago when he was a priest. in the archdiocese of New York .
McCarrick denied the charges at any time and in a statement showed his surprise and he argued that he had collaborated "fully" with a Vatican inquiry.
The New York Archdiocese reported on June 20 that an investigating commission had determined that the charges "were well founded and credible."
Therefore, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin following the Pope's instructions, ordered McCarrick to give up 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 hit the Archdiocese of Boston and New York with particular virulence.
On July 20, a man broke his silence after 40 years and badured New York Times that Cardinal McCarrick had mistreated him when he was a minor, a situation that would have lasted two decades
McCarrick (New York, 1930). He was ordained a cardinal by John Paul II and participated in the conclave of April 2005 during which he was elected pontiff Benedict XVI . EFE (I)
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