Posts Tagged ‘Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’

French Cardinal convicted for not reporting abuse

Monday, March 11th, 2019

A French cardinal was convicted last week of not reporting clerical sex abuse. He says he will be offering Pope Francis his resignation. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, who was convicted by the Lyon Correction Court, received a suspended sentence of six months for not denouncing the sexually abusive acts of Father Bernard Preynat when Read more

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin to face trial

Thursday, September 13th, 2018

A French court has ordered Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, to face trial in early January on charges of failing to denounce a sexually abusive priest. The court says the trial will take place without the presence of co-defendant Vatican Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Read more