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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

Pope Accepts Wuerl’s Resignation as Washington Archbishop, but Calls Him a ‘Model Bishop’

October 12, 2018 from New York Times by Elizabeth Dias, Jason Horowitz, Laurie Goodstein

Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, a moment many victims of clerical sexual abuse had hoped would demonstrate his commitment to holding accountable bishops who have mismanaged cases of sexual misconduct. But instead of making an example of Cardinal Wuerl, who was named in a recent Pennsylvania … Read more