import re


def sanitize(text):
    """
    Strips all non alphabetical characters and white space from text
    """

    # Sanitize results
    stripped_text = re.sub(r'([^\s\w]|_)+', '', str(text, 'utf-8'))
    clean_text = re.sub(r'[\n|\r]', ' ', stripped_text)

    return clean_text