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14 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Child abuse scandal: After Controversy France’s top bishop acknowledges primacy of French laws on sex crimes against children over confession secrecy after he was summoned by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.+
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#SexualAbuseofMinorinChurch #France
Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who is archbishop of Reims and head of the Bishops' Conference of France, said in a radio interview last week that the rule of secrecy would prevent a priest from reporting sex crimes against children that were revealed during Catholic confession.
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Under French law, anyone who is aware of a sex crime against a minor is obliged to report it to the authorities and risks heavy fines and imprisonment for failing to do so.
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After meeting Darmanin, de Moulins-Beaufort said in a statement that the confession rite must comply with the need to protect children.+

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