| Published Sun, July 29th 2018 at 10:46, Updated July 29th 2018 at 10:54 GMT +3Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has resigned after being implicated in a sex scandal. ALSO READ: No apology, no resignation: pressure grows on government“Yesterday evening the Holy Father received the letter in which Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington (USA. The claims against him were made public in June by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the current archbishop of New York. At the time, McCarrick released a statement maintaining his innocence but added that he “fully cooperated” in the investigation. In 2013, Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Scotland recused himself from participating in the conclave that elected Francis after he was caught up in a sexual abuse scandal involving seminarians.

Source: Standard Digital July 29, 2018 07:52 UTC