Complicit Clergy

Pope Expels Two Cardinals Implicated in Sex Abuse From His Council

The Vatican announced Wednesday that it had removed two cardinals implicated in sexual abuse cases from a powerful council of advisers picked by Pope Francis to guide him on matters critical to the future of the Catholic Church. One of the cardinals is George Pell of Australia, who has been facing charges of sexual abuse … Read more

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal

August 8, 2018July 28, 2018 from New York Times by Elisabetta Povoledo, Sharon Otterman

Acting swiftly to contain a widening sex abuse scandal at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church, the pope officially suspended the cardinal from the exercise of any public ministry after receiving his resignation letter Friday evening. Pope Francis also demanded in a statement that the prelate remain in seclusion “until the accusations made … Read more