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Papa Francisco acepta renuncia de cardenal acusado de abusos sexuales

También ordena suspensión de 'cualquier ministerio público y tendrá que permanecer en casa, anuncia el Vaticano

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 11, 2002, Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during a prayer for deceased bishops at the start of the morning session of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops being held in Washington, DC. 
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal  McCarrick, who is accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly five decades ago, the Vatican said on July 28, 2018. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was removed from the ministry in June after a review board found there was "credible" evidence that he had assaulted the teen while working as a priest in New York in the early 1970s.
 / AFP PHOTO / SHAWN THEW
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 11, 2002, Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during a prayer for deceased bishops at the start of the morning session of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops being held in Washington, DC. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal McCarrick, who is accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly five decades ago, the Vatican said on July 28, 2018. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was removed from the ministry in June after a review board found there was "credible" evidence that he had assaulted the teen while working as a priest in New York in the early 1970s. / AFP PHOTO / SHAWN THEW SHAWN THEW
El cardenal emérito Theodore McCarrick se saludó con el papa Francisco, en setiembre del 2015, en la catedral de San Mateo Apóstol en Washington. (Jonathan Newton/AP)

Ciudad del Vaticano. El papa Francisco aceptó la dimisión del cardenal estadounidense Theodore McCarrick, de 88 años y suspendido del ministerio tras ser acusado de abusos sexuales en Estados Unidos, anunció este sábado la Santa Sede en un comunicado.

“El Santo Padre recibió la carta en la que el cardenal Theodore McCarrick, arzobispo emérito de Washington, presentaba su dimisión como miembro del colegio cardenalicio”, señala el comunicado publicado por la sala de prensa del Vaticano.

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