Pope urges church workers to fight child abuse, even when facing threats
- Feb 25, 2020
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Appeals court acquits French cardinal of sex abuse cover-up
- Jan 30, 2020
A French appeals court on Thursday acquitted a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock.
French trial exposes how Church covered for predator priest
- Jan 20, 2020
One of the first people to notice Bernard Preynat’s unhealthy obsession for young boys was the supervisor at the seminary where, still a teen, the future priest started training for his career in the Church.
French court considers cardinal’s appeal in sex abuse case
- Nov 28, 2019
A French cardinal said Thursday he did not understand why he was found guilty of covering up sexual abuse of children, as an appeals court hearing began that will decide whether to uphold his conviction.
Director: Victims call new film on abuse ‘the French “Spotlight”‘
- Oct 13, 2019
Anybody who sees “By the Grace of God,” a new French-language film that details a true-to-life French clerical sex abuse scandal, may be struck by similarities to the U.S. drama “Spotlight,” which dealt with the abuse scandal that erupted in Boston in 2002.
French priest stripped of clergy status for abusing Scouts
- Jul 5, 2019
France’s Catholic Church pronounced a priest guilty of sexually abusing multiple Boy Scouts over several years and defrocked him Thursday, an unusually strong move that reflects France’s growing reckoning with clergy sex abuse.
Pope names administrator for Lyon as cardinal appeals conviction
- Jun 24, 2019
Pope Francis has named a retired bishop to serve as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Lyon, France, three months after refusing to accept the resignation of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin.
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