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17 February 2019

French Senate questions Catholic official on abuse by clergy

The spokesman for France's Catholic bishops' conference told lawmakers Tuesday the French church is working with authorities to uncover and eradicate child sex abuse after allegations made in recent years revealed the scope of the country's problem with pedophile priests. Senators questioned the Rev. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas of the Conference of Bishops of France for a Senate commission that is preparing a report on pedophilia across French institutions.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-bishops-questioned-senate-sexual-abuse-61015037