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22 March 2017

25 French bishops accused of covering up hundreds of sex abuse cases

Twenty-five French bishops covered up sexual abuse of by 32 Catholic priests for years, an investigative website claims. The abuse, which continued after 2000 when the church claimed to have tackled the problem, affected 339 victims, it says.
The Mediapartwebsite names all 25 bishops, five of whom were still in office in January, and accuses Lyon's Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of having known about abuse by five priests without notifying police.

http://en.rfi.fr/france/20170320-25-french-bishops-accused-covering-hundreds-sex-abuse-cases