'''BREAKING NEWS:
Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty of crimes of abuse and solicitation, and has been penalized with laicization.'''
https://onepeterfive.com/vatican-announces-laicization-of-former-cardinal-theodore-mccarrick/
Vatican Announces Laicization of Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Steve Skojec Steve Skojec February 16, 2019 0 Comments
Confirming what has been widely-rumored in recent weeks, the Vatican has announced today that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who stands at the center of the Church’s re-awakened clerical sex abuse crisis, has been stripped of the clerical state following an investigation into allegations of longstanding abuse of priests, seminarians, and minors.
When levied as a disciplinary measure, laicization is considered one of the most severe forms of punishment for those who have received Holy Orders; for a cleric of McCarrick’s stature, it is unprecedented in modern history….(moar at link)