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Head of French bishops’ conference: Convicted priest should not be chancellor
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French Bishops Ask That Priest Who Served Time for Rape of a Minor Not Be Promoted
The side of Toulouse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) in Toulouse in the South of France Priest convicted in 2006 by the Tarbes Court of Appeals is to be promoted to the position of chancellor and episcopal delegate for marriages, effective Sept. 1.
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The president of the French bishops’ conference has asked the archbishop of Toulouse to “reconsider” his decision to appoint as diocesan chancellor a priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor.Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille. Credit: SOPA Images / Alamy.Share“Such an appointment to such an important position, both canonically and symbolically, can only reopen wounds, reawaken suspicions, and disconcert the people of God,” said an Aug. …
In June the archbishop of Toulouse promoted as Chancellor Dominique Spina, sentenced for rape on a minor in 2006. His sentence served, the man had already been reassigned, with the charge of "the "pastoral of the young". The bishops of France denounce a decision that can only "relive wounds".
"I took the side of mercy," said the archbishop of Toulouse to justify the appointment to the position of chancellor of a priest convicted of rape on a minor.
The controversy led, sotto voce, more than a month in the making and a part of the French Catholics waited with increasing impatience for a response from their representatives. In a statement published this Sunday, the French Episcopal Conference (CEF) has finally reacted to the appointment of Dominique Spina, condemned for rape of a minor in 2006 and promoted to rector of the diocese of Toulouse in early June. “Our Church, for several years, ha…
The Episcopal Conference criticizes the appointment of Dominique Spina as Chancellor in Toulouse, sentenced in 2006 for assaulting a 16-year-old teenager
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