French cardinal to resign after conviction

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I wonder if he will be removed from the College of Cardinals.
 
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I wonder if he will be removed from the College of Cardinals.
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That is a very good question Feanor2.

I"ll be watching for this as I would expect it to occur in the next several days.

And thanks too for posting this thread Rockoh22.

You are fulfilling the transparency mandate we have received from Pope Francis here.

God bless you folks.

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I do not know. Could this be a which hunt? Maybe yes maybe not. I find it odd that this statement was made by AP news…
Five other archdiocesan officials on trial with Barbarin were acquitted March 7. Barbarin was also expected to be acquitted after even the prosecutor of the case argued there was no proof of the cardinal’s legal wrongdoing and therefore no grounds for conviction, the Associated Press reports.
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What ever the case, it is sad. Pray for those who lead us.
 
Still no word on Barbarin resigning from the College of Cardinals.

international.la-croix.com

Cardinal Barbarin had decided to resign 15 days before verdict

According to an auxiliary bishop of Lyon, it was not the verdict of March 7 that caused the cardinal to offer his resignation, but rather the court case itself
international.la-croix.com international.la-croix.com

The La Croix article refers to him as “Cardinal” sixteen times.

Resigning from his bishop administration (but even then, Pope Francis COULD keep him on just like he did Cardinal Wuerl with a title change), but still no word on him resigning from the College of Cardinals.
 
I heard, government law and order now deals with these issues in France.

This appears to be the case here.

Of course, one could say the same here.

I read an article a few years ago, on how France was dealing with the crisis.
 
From here . . .
On March 7, a French court found him (Cardinal Barbarin) guilty of failing to report the abuse, even though it had occurred many years before Barbarin first learned of it.
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Parenthetical addition mine.

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8 days ago I mentioned among other options . . .
Pope Francis COULD keep him (Cardinal Barbarin) on just like he did Cardinal Wuerl with a title change . . .
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Parenthetical addition mine here and now.

As it turns out, that is almost exactly what occurred.

Cardinal Barbarin is back in his position.
Barbarin is having his vicar general run “governance” things (whatever extent that means) until Barbarin decides to re-take the reigns.

www.lifesitenews.com

Pope Francis refuses resignation of French cardinal questionably convicted of coverup - LifeSite

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin maintains his innocence.
www.lifesitenews.com www.lifesitenews.com

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From Pope Francis in his August 2018 “LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD”
. . .I am conscious of the effort and work being carried out in various parts of the world to come up with the necessary means to ensure the safety and protection of the integrity of children and of vulnerable adults, as well as implementing zero tolerance and ways of making all those who perpetrate or cover up these crimes accountable . . .
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Bold mine.

Sounds like Pope Francis is aware (“awareness”) of efforts to implement “zero tolerance”.

I guess this means he thinks Barbarin’s conviction is not credible (at least for now)?

Or Pope Francis, despite “awareness” has no plans to implement “zero tolerance” for our bishops with credible allegations (or he does not think a French court of law is “credible” here)?

He MAY mean something else too that I have not yet deciphered?

Whatever Pope Francis meant in his letter to us, Barbarin will now be back in his position, despite Barbarin’s conviction in court and Pope Francis talking about “zero tolerance” in his letter.

From his holiness regarding “zero tolerance” (above) and other pertinent things . . .
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD

. . . I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse . . . Looking back to the past, no effort. . . to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient. Looking ahead to the future,
no effort must be spared to
create a culture able to prevent such situations from . . .
. . . the possibility of their being covered up . . .
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http://w2.vatican.va/content/france...-francesco_20180820_lettera-popolo-didio.html
 
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