Fate of priests convicted of sexual abuse poses numerous problems for French bishops. A year ago, one father discovered that the priest convicted of
sexually assaulting his son had been transferred to the chaplaincy of
the hospital next to the neighborhood where they lived. In another urban
diocese, it was the bishop himself who admitted he did not know what to
do with five pedophile priests, several of whom had spent two or three
years in prison, who were subsequently sent to his territory by other
dioceses.
While it is shocking for the victims, the question of the fate of pedophile priests is a real headache for the bishops of France. At the present time, there are no official statistics on their number. The French bishops' conference refuses to centralize the cases “so as not to relieve the bishops of their responsibility.” Only a central monitoring unit has been set up to coordinate best practices in this matter.
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While it is shocking for the victims, the question of the fate of pedophile priests is a real headache for the bishops of France. At the present time, there are no official statistics on their number. The French bishops' conference refuses to centralize the cases “so as not to relieve the bishops of their responsibility.” Only a central monitoring unit has been set up to coordinate best practices in this matter.
http://www.globalpulsemagazine.com/news/what-should-be-done-with-pedophile-priests/986