FRANCE
The Sun Daily
DAX, France: A French bishop resigned Thursday over “inappropriate behaviour” towards youths after a rare initiative by the Vatican just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.
Herve Gaschignard, 57, bishop of the southwest diocese of Dax, tendered his resignation at the suggestion of the Vatican’s envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the French Catholic Church said in a statement.
Gaschignard’s deputy Denis Cazeaux said at a news conference that three young people had come forward with allegations, but “it is not about paedophile acts.”
Instead, it was about the bishop getting too close to young parishioners. “Anyone involved in teaching youths should find the right distance,” he said.
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