Trial of French Cardinal Barbarin may be postponed again

FRANCE
La Croix (with AFP)

July 11, 2018

A summons addressed to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prefect failed to be delivered in time

Already postponed twice, the trial of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon (France) risks being delayed yet again. The cardinal has been accused by former scouts of having failed to report pedophile assaults in his archdiocese,.

The trial was initially scheduled in the Lyon criminal court for April 4-6, but legal complications have caused it to be postponed.

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