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French Catholic leaders mired in sexual abuse scandals dig themselves deeper

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Paris, France RNS Like any modern Catholic official, Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of France’s Catholic bishops’ conference, realizes clergy sexual abuse is a systemic problem, one that calls for serious reform of the church’s uncertain rules and ingrained secrecy. But recent revelations of sexual misconduct by a cardinal and a bishop on Moulins-Beaufort’s watch […]

French cardinal admits to abusing 14-year-old girl

France Archbishop of Bordeaux France Cardinal Jean Pierre Bernard Ricard

Vatican City RNS Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, a member of the Vatican department charged with sanctioning abuse cases in the Catholic Church, admitted in a statement on Monday to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago when he was a parish priest in his native France. “I have decided not to remain silent about my […]