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Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report

by Nicole Winfield
| November 11, 2020 4:36 AM

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decadeslong church cover-up of his sexual misconduct.

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