A senior French cardinal, Philippe Barbarin, is to be tried
on charges of not reporting historical child abuse, according to
reports.
The clergyman, who is also the Archbishop of Lyon, was once tipped as a successor to Pope Francis.
But he and six other priests have been ordered to appear in court for allegedly not speaking out against abuse said to be committed by another clergyman, Bernard Preynat, in the 1980s.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/philippe-barbarin-child-sex-abuse-not-report-trial-court-france-cardinal-catholic-church-a7955521.html
The clergyman, who is also the Archbishop of Lyon, was once tipped as a successor to Pope Francis.
But he and six other priests have been ordered to appear in court for allegedly not speaking out against abuse said to be committed by another clergyman, Bernard Preynat, in the 1980s.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/philippe-barbarin-child-sex-abuse-not-report-trial-court-france-cardinal-catholic-church-a7955521.html
