FRANCE
La Croix
June 29, 2018
By Gauthier Vaillant
The former bishop of Orleans is charged with not reporting a priest even though he had been informed of the situation
A retired French bishop is expected to face trial before the end of this year along with the priest whose actions of sex abuse he is accused of having failed to report.
Retired Bishop André Fort, was bishop of Orleans from 2002 to 2010 while the 69-year-old Fr de C. is now accused of sexual assault “by violence, coercion, threat or subterfuge” on minors aged 15 who were in his charge.
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