VATICAN CITY
The Associated Press
July 28, 2018
The Latest on the sex abuse allegations surrounding U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
The Texas prelate who heads the U.S. bishops’ conference is thanking Pope Francis for accepting Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s resignation amid a sex abuse scandal.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo said in a statement Saturday: “I thank the Holy Father for his leadership in taking this important step.”
The Vatican said Francis had received McCarrick’s offer to leave the College of Cardinals on Friday.
DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, noted that Francis also ordered the former Washington D.C. archbishop to “observe a life of prayer and penance in seclusion” until a church trial is held.
DiNardo said Francis was prioritizing “the need for protection and care for all our people” and aware of how “failures in this area affect the life of the church in the United States.”
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