The report came two months after Pope Francis ordered disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick removed from public ministry amid allegations the 88-year-old retired archbishop sexually abused a teenage altar boy and engaged in sexual misconduct with adult seminarians decades ago. Last month, Francis accepted McCarrick's resignation as cardinal and ordered him to a "life of prayer and penance."
David Hains, spokesman for the Charlotte Diocese, said the report found huge problems that need to be fixed.
“It's a betrayal when the leaders are literally preaching one thing and then acting in another way,” Hains said. “It's just wrong.”
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