Vatican report on disgraced ex U.S. cardinal McCarrick expected this month - sources

FILE PHOTO: 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. REUTERS/Gregory A. Shemitz

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A long-awaited Vatican report into disgraced ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is expected to be released this month to coincide with an annual meeting of American bishops, Vatican sources said on Thursday.

McCarrick was expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood last year after a Vatican investigation found him guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults and abuse of power.