Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, France, -- who last week admitted to "errors in managing ... certain priests"
-- is being investigated by French police for failing to report in 2007
and 2009 allegations of sexual abuse by his priests, in contravention
of French law. There have been calls for his resignation or sacking.
Central to every coherent legal system based on the rule of law is that people can only be punished for disobeying the law, not for obeying it. The calls for Barbarin's resignation or sacking raise the issue of how he breached canon law.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/examining-crisis/church-laws-may-justify-calls-french-cardinals-resignation
Central to every coherent legal system based on the rule of law is that people can only be punished for disobeying the law, not for obeying it. The calls for Barbarin's resignation or sacking raise the issue of how he breached canon law.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/examining-crisis/church-laws-may-justify-calls-french-cardinals-resignation