Editorial Boston Globe
Pope Francis has a chance to clean up clergy sex abuse. It’s now or never
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Pope Francis
For the first time in the
history of the Catholic Church, a cardinal has been expelled from the
priesthood for sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians.
From the perspective of ground-shattering precedent, the defrocking of Theodore E. McCarrick,
a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, is a big deal that not
only removes him from the priesthood but also denies him benefits such
as housing. Yet McCarrick’s punishment amounts to mere symbolism if the
internal church bureaucracy that allows abuse to occur and then protects
the abuser prevails.
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