Hungarian president Novak resigns over sex abuse case pardon

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's President Katalin Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case in a children's home.

"I made a mistake ... Today is the last day that I address you as a President," Novak said in a speech broadcast on state television.

(Reporting by Boldizsar Gyori and Krisztina Than; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)