Hungary president resigns in storm over child sexual abuse pardon

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday that she would step down from the presidency…

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