Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, processes at the beginning of a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., October 4, 2014. Picture taken October 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gregory A. Shemitz
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The defrocking of former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a "very important signal" to the Catholic Church hierarchy that no one is above the law, the Vatican's top sexual crimes investigator said on Saturday.
McCarrick was expelled from the priesthood after being found guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults.
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