Hungarian President Resigns Over Pardon in Child Sex Abuse Case

The hard-right president of Hungary stepped down on Saturday in the face of widespread protests and intense criticism surrounding a pardon she granted to a man convicted of helping to conceal pervasive sexual abuse carried out by the director of a state-run children’s home.

Katalin Novák, who at 46 is the youngest-ever person and first woman to hold the Hungarian presidency, said in a nationally televised address that news of the pardon had “caused bewilderment and unrest for many people.”

The pardon was one of about two dozen that Novák issued in April 2023, just before Pope Francis was set to visit the country.

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