Rape scandal in France! Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admitted to molesting a little girl

in France While 11 bishops have been accused of sexual abuse, French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard is among the clergy accused. French bishops met at the French Bishops’ Conference in Lourdes, which aims to learn how to improve communication and transparency in cases of clerical abuse. Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, who spoke at the conference, admitted that he molested a 14-year-old girl, “35 years ago, when he was a priest in a church, a 14-year-old Ganja I behaved reprehensibly. girl. My behavior inevitably led to very serious and lasting consequences for this person. opened,” he said. Rickard asked for forgiveness and said that he would resign from his position and court said that he is ready to cooperate with the authorities and the church.

Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the conference, said in a statement that all the accused would face either persecution or church disciplinary procedures. Moulins-Beaufort also said that one of the accused bishops had died.

20Ricard, who served as bishop of Bordeaux in southwestern France from 01-2019 20In 2006 he was elevated from diocese to cardinal, the second most influential body in the Catholic world after the papacy responsible for electing the Pope.

in France In a report published in October 2021, an independent commission established by the Catholic Church found that since the 1950s, most 10– found that approximately 216,000 boys and girls under the age of 13 were abused. The commission that produced the report condemned the “systemic nature” of efforts to protect clergy from persecution and called on the church to compensate victims. A 2017 Church-requested report into the sexual abuse scandal contained a total of 45 recommendations for the Church and a number of demands for reforms related to clergy education. (UAV)

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