Pope Accepts Resignation of French Cardinal Acquitted of Covering Up Sex Abuse

NEW YORK (NY)
The Wall Street Journal

March 6, 2020

By Francis X. Rocca and Noemie Bisserbe

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s 2019 conviction was overturned by an appeals court in January

The pope has accepted the resignation of France’s most-senior Catholic cleric, the Vatican said, weeks after a French court overturned his conviction for failing to report child sex abuse.

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