He added, "Pope Francis said the right things, he meant the right thing, but the bureaucracy just shut him down."
Abuse survivors sound alarm as cardinals prepare to pick next pope
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"In spite of the criminal court's decision today," Garabedian said following Wednesday's hearing, "many clergy sexual abuse victims feel as though former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is and will always be the permanent personification of evil within the Catholic Church."
Theodore McCarrick, ex-archbishop of D.C., not competent to stand trial on sex abuse charges
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