The Vatican on Tuesday denied a cover-up over a US ex-cardinal accused of sexual abuse, admitting mistakes were made but saying Theodore McCarrick's crimes had for years been nothing but rumours. A 450-page report on who knew what -- and whether three consecutive popes overlooked McCarrick's abuse of at least one minor and a number of male seminarians -- accused senior US clergy of providing "inaccurate and incomplete information to the Holy See" about his behaviour. cm-ide/ar/bp