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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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
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
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.
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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