FRANCE
La Croix International
January 8, 2019
By Gauthier Vaillant
Maverick priest Pierre Vignon strongly criticizes the Church hierarchy but praises the pope’s desire for reform
After years spent investigating sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church, Father Pierre Vignon of Vercors in the Diocese of Valence made headlines across France last August by launching a petition calling for the resignation of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon.
Clearly, it was no accident that his new book, Plus jamais ça! (Never again!), co-authored by journalist François Jourdain, was published on Jan. 2, less than a week before the start of Cardinal Barbarin’s trial in Lyon on Jan. 7.
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