UNITED KINGDOM
The Times
The Roman Catholic Church will consider stripping Jimmy Savile of his papal knighthood after a police review confirmed that he was a prolific sex offender who travelled the country abusing young girls.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said that the knighthood Savile was granted in 1990 by the late Pope John Paul II “may have to be reviewed” after the police had considered all the evidence against the dead star.
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