Euronews
January 22, 2008
http://www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=465838&lng=1
The Catholic Church has stunned its members in France and Switzerland by admitting it was aware of an alleged paedophile priest's activities but did not report him to the authorities. The cleric is suspected of abusing children in several communities in the two countries over the past 40 years. He has already been interviewed by French police.
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A spokesman for the Church in a western region of Switzerland said they were opening their own inquiry into the affair. They are appealing for information about his alleged crimes. Prosecutors in France have asked their Swiss counterparts to interview the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The affair came to light after he told a newspaper in Lyon that he'd commited abuse in France. That spurred the Swiss Catholic hierarchy into action.
He is currrently staying at a convent in Switzerland but his superiors have called on him to turn himself over to the civil authorities.
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