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Eugene

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Fri Feb 8, 2019, 12:44 PM Feb 2019

Vatican to rule next week on defrocking of disgraced U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick: sources

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 8, 2019 / 10:24 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Vatican to rule next week on defrocking of disgraced U.S. cardinal: sources

Philip Pullella
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican officials will meet next week to decide the fate of disgraced former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick over allegations of sexual abuse, Vatican sources said on Friday.

Vatican sources told Reuters last month that McCarrick will almost certainly be dismissed from the priesthood, which would make him the highest profile Roman Catholic figure to be defrocked in modern times.

Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the Vatican department that will rule on the case, met Pope Francis on Thursday, according to a public Vatican schedule.

The Vatican did not say what was discussed but one source said it was likely that Ladaria briefed the pontiff on the final stages of the McCarrick case. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case.

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Vatican to rule next week on defrocking of disgraced U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick: sources (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
Still hasn't defrocked Cardinal Pell, convicted child rapist Major Nikon Feb 2019 #1
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