FRANCE
Telesur
The Cardinal has been caught up in a scandal over abuses that took place 25 years ago, long before he became archbishop of Lyon in 2002.
A French cardinal accused of covering up the sexual abuse of children by priests apologized to victims during a mass, his diocese said Thursday .
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, quoting Pope Francis, said Wednesday he was “obliged to assume all the evil committed by some priests and personally apologize for the damage they have caused by sexually abusing children.”
He said he apologized even though he was not in power in the diocese “when the abominable acts took place”.
Barbarin has been caught up in a scandal over abuses that took place 25 years ago, long before he became archbishop of Lyon in 2002.
A priest in his diocese, Bernard Preynat, was charged in January after victims came forward with claims he had sexually abused Scouts between 1986 and 1991.
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