Tag: France
Vatican to investigate French cardinal in abuse case
Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church was working "as best we can" to fight clerical child abuse but admitted there were shortfalls
French Catholic church lifts veil on bishops’ sexual abuse cases
The president of the bishops' conference said some high-ranking church officials faced criminal prosecution, or a church tribunal, or both
French Catholic bishops announce ‘vast program of renewal’ after abuse report
The bishops knelt in an act of penance in Lourdes where an image of a weeping child was unveiled and an abuse survivor shared a testimony
Pope Francis expresses ‘shame’ at French sex abuse scandal
An independent commission revealed that French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors over seven decades since 1950