(Paris) The bishops of France, meeting in Lourdes, decided on Friday to “recognize the institutional responsibility of the Church” in the sexual assaults suffered by thousands of victims and the “systemic dimension” of these crimes, their officials announced on Friday. representative, Mgr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort.
These pedophile acts, the extent of which was brought to light by the recent Sauvé report, “were made possible by a general context, operations, mentalities, practices within the Church”, underlined the president of the Conference of Bishops (CEF), Mr.gr Éric de Moulins-Beaufort. “This responsibility entails a duty of justice and reparation,” he added.
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The president of the Bishops’ Conference, Mr.gr Eric de Moulins-Beaufort