Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Episcopal Conference, said this Wednesday about 11 bishops and ex-bishops in sexual assault cases, including a cardinal who admitted that French and canon justice committed “reprehensible” behavior with a minor 35 years ago. announced that it has launched an investigation. Monday (7).
Former bishop of Bordeaux, Jean-Pierre Ricard, 35 years ago admitted “reprehensible” behavior towards a child under 14, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort at a press conference in Lourdes (south) at the bishops’ annual ceremonies announced it. meeting.
Another bishop is Michel Santier, whom Vatican officials sanctioned in 2021 for victims’ “moral harassment of two adult men resulting in ‘voyeurism’ in the 1990s.”
For the rest, Moulins-Beaufort noted that civil and canonical justice indicted the six bishops; two former abbots are being investigated; and the latter is the subject of a complaint to the Public Ministry, which has not yet been prosecuted, and the restrictive measures of the Vatican.
Without going into details, the president of the French Episcopal Conference (CEF) pointed out that “the situations related to the acts committed or accused of are very diverse”.
source: Noticias
