Auxilliary bishop Emmanuel Gobilliard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:05:51 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Auxilliary bishop Emmanuel Gobilliard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Cardinal Barbarin had already decided to resign https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/03/14/cardinal-barbarin-resignation/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:55:57 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=115868 An auxiliary bishop of Lyon, Emmanuel Gobilliard, says it was not the 7 March court verdict that caused cardinal Philippe Barbarin to offer his resignation, but rather the court case itself. Even if he were not found guilty of failing to report clerical sex abuse, he had decided to resign. Gobilliard said Barbarin had confided Read more

Cardinal Barbarin had already decided to resign... Read more]]> An auxiliary bishop of Lyon, Emmanuel Gobilliard, says it was not the 7 March court verdict that caused cardinal Philippe Barbarin to offer his resignation, but rather the court case itself.

Even if he were not found guilty of failing to report clerical sex abuse, he had decided to resign.

Gobilliard said Barbarin had confided that "Victims have suffered too much, the diocese has suffered too much. It is time for change." Read more

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