He was kicked out of the clergy after being found guilty of soliciting during confession and abusing adults and minors.

Tuesday’s report, more than 400 pages long, looked into suspicions that McCarrick’s habit of sleeping with young seminarians was known for decades, but that his superiors in the U.S. and the Vatican turned a blind eye.

The report acknowledged misjudgments and missing information regarding the investigation of sexual abuse allegations in the past decades, but said Pope Francis had swiftly reacted when he found out about the allegations against McCarrick.(dpa/NAN)