"Recognizing the Suffering They Have Caused: an Abbot Removed by the Diocese After a Sexual Assault in the 1970s

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More than fifty years after the acts of sexual assault on a minor victim, the Church has officially relieved Fr François Martial of any ministry. Known for a long time in Dordogne, the 84-year-old priest had recognized the facts in 2018. A canonical procedure is under way in Rome.

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More than 50 years after the facts, the diocese of Périgueux and Sarlat asked for the opening of a canonical procedure to permanently revoke Abbé Martial, who admitted to having sexually assaulted a child in Bergerac. A listening cell was opened.