A French cardinal said his diocese has made “some mistakes” in the management and nomination of certain priests amid allegations that he had covered up child sex abuse cases.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin stressed the “importance” for the victims “to see their right to truth and justice recognised” in a statement issued on Monday following a meeting on the issue with 220 priests from the Lyon region.
Cardinal Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon and one of the highest-ranking church officials in France, is among six church officials targeted by complaints for not reporting child sex abuse cases to judicial authorities.
