Top Vatican official says celibacy, homosexuality not cause of abuse crisis
- Dec 14, 2019
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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.
French sex abuse commission gets to work
- Jun 5, 2019
An independent commission into clergy abuse in France is now hearing victim testimonials.
French prelate convicted of cover-up may be ‘not innocent’, pope says
- Mar 31, 2019
Pope Francis said Sunday it’s possible that French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who’s appealing a recent six-month suspended jail sentence for failing to report a charge of sex abuse by one of his priests, “is not innocent.”
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