Posted on 11/16/2022 6:40:21 PM PST by marshmallow
A highly respected French cardinal is under the spotlight for misconduct with a 14-year-old girl, 35 years ago.
(LifeSiteNews) — “Anger” is the word used again and again by French Catholics interviewed by the media since yet another sex abuse scandal within the clergy was revealed earlier this week by the present head of the Bishops Conference, Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort.
People are no longer only sad or shocked: they are angry at what appears to be an ongoing cover-up of sordid actions on the part of bishops, one year after the “CIASE” report revealed the (albeit probably overestimated) extent of child abuse by priests, religious and employees of the Catholic Church since the 1950s. After the report’s release, the Church hierarchy in France committed to better and more transparent management of such cases. Twelve months later, a highly respected French cardinal is under the spotlight for misconduct with a 14-year-old girl, 35 years ago.
Another bishop, Michel Santier, was revealed a few weeks ago to have abused two young adult males during confession. Eric de Moulins-Beaufort also spoke of this case; he did not know that three days later, on Thursday, a parish priest from Brittany would be arrested after he allegedly drugged and raped a 15-year-old boy on November 3.
All in all, recalled Moulins-Beaufort, “six French bishops known to you are under challenges before the courts, be they civil or canonical; to these must be added the cases of Bishop Santier and Bishop Ricard. Two others who are no longer in [service] are under investigation… [A]nother has been reported to justice.” That adds up to nine bishops, plus two who were accused of covering cases of abuse.
The French press has hinted that other bishops could soon “fall.”
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