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| Vatican defrocks former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick over sex abuse |
| 2019-02-17 |
| [WashingtonExaminer] Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday. The punishment for the once-powerful prelate, who had served as the archbishop of Washington and had been an influential fundraiser for the church, was announced five days before Francis is set to lead an extraordinary gathering of bishops from around the world to help the church grapple with the crisis of sex abuse by clergy and systematic cover-ups by church hierarchy. The decades-long scandals have shaken the faith of many Catholics and threatened Francis' papacy. Defrocking means McCarrick, 88, who now lives in a friary in Kansas after he lost his title of cardinal last year, can no longer celebrate Mass or other sacraments, wear clerical vestments or be addressed by any religious title. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE "CATHOLICS" IS NOW IN QUESTION So nearly two millenia of philosophical and religious striving to be better people in the world and when facing God is wiped out by the vile misbehaviour of a a small proportion during a relatively brief period of time? I disagree. And much as I dislike this particular pope in so very many ways, at least he is no longer sweeping this growing problem under the rug. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-02-17 22:41 |
| #9 I call him Pope Karl Vladimir, which somehow fails to amuse my Catholic friends. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2019-02-17 19:36 |
| #8 The sad thing is Francis coddled this guy and only dumped him because he was forced into a corner that even a progressive liberal like him could not climb out of. Pope Frankie is a disaster |
| Posted by: Boss Spoper5850 2019-02-17 16:20 |
| #7 ...I'll give them credit at least for holding together Western Civilization of what there was from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-17 16:14 |
| #6 THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE "CATHOLICS" IS NOW IN QUESTION, theyre the religion of faggots |
| Posted by: 746 2019-02-17 15:40 |
| #5 Next up for cleaning house is Hollywood. #Metoo is just a diversion from the predatory homosexual paedophiles. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-02-17 13:09 |
| #4 But he didn't support or condone infanticide. When is Nancy scheduled for excommunication? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-17 08:21 |
| #3 or be addressed by any religious title. SINNER |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-02-17 07:20 |
| #2 Too little, too late! |
| Posted by: SR-71 2019-02-17 06:58 |
| #1 And it took GOD to make that happen with That Church? It took that long? |
| Posted by: newc 2019-02-17 01:53 |