LYON (FRANCE)
La Croix International
January 9, 2019
By Béatrice Bouniol and Céline Hoyeau
‘Conspiracy of silence’ over a French priest’s sexual abuse even extends to the courtroom
A trial of silences. By day two, this seems to be the best description of the proceedings that have brought Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and his entourage against nine victims of Father Bernard Preynat’s sexual abuse.
Silence is at the heart of the accusations brought by the civil parties against Diocese of Lyon officials. The victims had been locked in silence for decades, incapable even as adults to testify to the abuse they suffered as children.
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