Cardinal Barbarin accused of lying over priest’s sex abuse

LYON (FRANCE)
La Croix International

January 10, 2019

By Béatrice Bouniol and Céline Hoyeau

Lawyer tells a Lyon court that the cardinal knew of Bernard Preynat’s attacks on children in 2010, not 2014

Lawyers tried to convince a Lyon court on Jan. 9 that Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and his associates failed to inform the law about the sexual abuse of more than 70 children by priest Bernard Preynat from 1970 to 1980.

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