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France opens investigation into cardinal who admitted to sexually abusing 14-year-old girl

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Newest development Nov 8, 2022 · 4 reportsFrance opens investigation into cardinal who admitted to sexually abusing 14-year-old girl

By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French authorities have opened an investigation into one of highest-ranking members of France’s Catholic Church, who admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a parish priest, more than three decades ago.

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  1. French cardinal admits to abusing 14-year-old girl

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    France opens investigation into cardinal who admitted to sexually abusing 14-year-old girl

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  1. Religion News

    French cardinal admits to abusing 14-year-old girl (opens Religion News)

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    Religion News's feed description

    RNS — Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard is a member of the Vatican department that investigates abuse cases in the church.

  2. America Magazine

    French cardinal admits to abusing teen girl 35 years ago (opens America Magazine)

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    America Magazine's feed description

    French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops’ conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago

  3. The Guardian

    French cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admits to abusing 14-year-old girl 35 years ago (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Ricard released a statement confessing to sexually abusing the child during his early days in the Catholic Church

  4. MyNorthwest

    French cardinal says he abused 14-year-old girl 35 years ago (opens MyNorthwest)

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    PARIS (AP) -- Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, one of France's highest-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church, said Monday that he had abused a 14-year-old

  5. The Guardian

    French cardinal faces inquiry over child abuse allegations (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Retired bishop made cardinal by pope confessed to ‘reprehensible’ acts with 14-year-old girl in 1980s

  6. KESQ Palm Springs

    France opens investigation into cardinal who admitted to sexually abusing 14-year-old girl (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French authorities have opened an investigation into one of highest-ranking members of France’s Catholic Church, who admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a parish priest, more than three decades ago.

  7. Al Jazeera

    France opens inquiry into cardinal’s confession of child abuse (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Prosecutors in Marseille probe the facts after a cardinal admits to ‘reprehensible’ acts against a girl in the 1980s.

  8. New York Times

    French Cardinal’s Admission Renews Scrutiny of Church Sexual Abuse (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A former archbishop of Bordeaux acknowledged that he had behaved “reprehensibly” with a 14-year-old girl over three decades ago, in the latest revelation to jolt Roman Catholics in France.

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