Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis after the court handed him a six-month suspended prison sentence for not reporting the cases in the period between July 2014 and June 2015
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The court handed Barbarin a six-month suspended prison sentence for not reporting the cases in the period between July 2014 and June 2015.In a brief statement to the media, Barbarin said “I have decided to go and see the Holy Father to offer him my resignation.” He said he will meet Pope Francis “in a few days,” and expressed his “compassion” for the alleged victims.
“We see that no one is above the law. We have been heard by the court. This is the end of a long path.”A lawyer for some of Preynat’s alleged victims, Yves Sauvayre, called the verdict “historic.”The victims say top clergy had been aware of Preynat’s actions since 1991, but allowed him to be in contact with children until his 2015 retirement.
Christian Burdet, 53, recalled how Preynat forced him to go into his tent when he was a 10-year-old Scout.Describing years of suffering, Burdet said he wanted to “understand how this system was put in place” and help other victims to speak out.
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