Posted on 03/07/2019 4:46:53 PM PST by markomalley
The most senior figure in the Roman Catholic church in France was convicted yesterday of failing to report alleged child sexual abuse by a priest and given a six-month suspended sentence.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, said that he would offer his resignation to the Pope after a surprise verdict that was hailed as a turning point by campaigners.
The court in Lyons ruled that between mid-2014 and mid-2015, the archbishop, 58, covered up allegations that Bernard Preynat, a priest in the diocese, had abused boy scouts. The alleged acts took place in the 1980s and early 1990s. Father Preynat is to stand trial this year.
“Wishing to avoid scandal, Philippe Barbarin preferred to take the risk of preventing prosecutors from discovering the sexual…
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“Suspended sentence?...For justice, we must go to Don Corleone.”
He got a slap on the wrist.
France too?
It must be an international conspiracy to convict cardinals of boinking little boys, or protecting the boinkers.
Right?
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