FILE PHOTO: Theodore McCarrick arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall in the Vatican March 4, 2013, when he was a U.S. cardinal. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick is almost certain to be defrocked in the next few weeks over allegations against him, including sexual abuse of minors, two Vatican sources said.
Last July, McCarrick became the first Catholic prelate in nearly 100 years to lose the title of cardinal. The allegations against him date back to decades ago when he was still rising to the top of the U.S. Church hierarchy.
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