Pope defrocks ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick over abuse claims

Ex-archbishop of Washington DC is most senior figure to be removed from priesthood in modern times

A former Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal has been dismissed from the priesthood after the Vatican found him guilty of sexually abusing minors in a sign of an increasingly hardline stance taken by the church.

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