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After Pushback, Toulouse Archbishop Appoints New Chancellor
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After pushback, Toulouse archbishop appoints new chancellor
The Archbishop of Toulouse appointed a new chancellor Saturday, after widespread opposition to his recent appointment of a priest convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse. Courtesy photo.But while Archbishop Guy de Kerimel said August 16 that he apologized to victims of sexual abuse for causing them harm, he also defended his initial appointment, insisting it was a “sign of hope for abusers.”“In order not to…
The appointment of Father Spina as Chancellor of the diocese of Toulouse, despite his conviction for rape, aroused indignation. He renounced it, and the archbishop asked for forgiveness from the victims.
In Angers, the promotion of priest Joseph Renaud, sentenced for detention of child pornography images, was cancelled on Friday, August 15th. Incarcerated in 2017, he was rehabilitated in the diocese upon his release from prison and appointed mid-July notary and delegate to the social protection of the clergy. In Toulouse, after several weeks of arm of iron, priest Dominique Spina, sentenced in 2006 for rape on a minor, was forced on him, Saturda…
The promotion of this priest condemned for rape on a minor had shocked many faithful. Under pressure, the archveque of Toulouse announced that he had pushed him to renounce
The archbishop of Toulouse had appointed the priest Dominique Spina as Chancellor, who had been convicted of rape on a minor in 2006.
At the beginning of June, the archbishop of Toulouse had promoted the priest Dominique Spina to the position of Chancellor. A decision that had triggered a controversy, the man having been convicted in 2006 for the rape of a high school student. The archbishop said this Saturday that the priest had finally renounced this promotion. - Toulouse: the priest sentenced for rape on a minor finally renounces his promotion (Topics of society).
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