VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick is almost certain to be defrocked in the next few weeks over allegations against him, including sexual abuse of minors, two Vatican sources said.
FILE PHOTO: Theodore McCarrick arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall in the Vatican March 4, 2013, when he was a U.S. cardinal. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo
2 comments:
I doubt defrocking will occur. McCarrick is accustomed to a certain lifestyle and knows too much. I think they will be very worried that if the punishment is too harsh, he'll spill the beans.
The push back would be too great if Francis doesn’t laicize him, but I do think Viganò’s letter is precisely to warn the higher ups that if McCarrick comes clean through a singular grace of God, other heads at the Vatican will roll, including the visible head.
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