Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born 1930), ordered in 2018 by Pope Francis to a life of prayer and penance until a canonical trial could be held. After a church investigation and trial, he was found guilty of sexual crimes against adults and minors and abuse of power, and was dismissed from the clergy in February 2019. McCarrick is the most senior church official in modern times to be laicized - commonly referred to as defrocking - and is believed to be the first cardinal ever laicized for sexual misconduct. Theodore Cardinal McCarrick.jpg
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