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Paris archbishop who had ‘ambiguous’ relationship with woman, resigns

Saturday, 4 December 2021, 0:00 MJA Uncategorized 6

EuroNews:
Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012.

Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit said in a statement Thursday that he offered to step down “to preserve the diocese from the division that suspicion and loss of trust are continuing to provoke.”

The Vatican said in a statement that the pope accepted Aupetit’s offer, and named Monsignor Georges Pontier to serve temporarily in his place pending the pontiff’s appointment of a permanent new archbishop.

The resignation comes amid great upheaval in the French Catholic Church. A report in October estimated some 3,000 French priests had committed sexual abuse over the past 70 years. And last year, the pope accepted the resignation of French Roman Catholic Cardinal Philippe Barbarin in connection with the coverup of sexual abuse of dozens of boys by a predatory priest. more

6 Comments on Paris archbishop who had ‘ambiguous’ relationship with woman, resigns

  3. Cynic DECEMBER 4, 2021 AT 12:08 AM

    Hard to shuffle archbishops off to new positions of that level. But perhaps you might be on to something had he been diddling a young boy he might have been looking at a higher level position within the Vatican.

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