MONTROUGE (FRANCE)
La Croix International
September 4, 2018
By Bénévent Tosseri
[See also the petition.]
Petition calling for Cardinal Barbarin’s resignation exceeds 100,000 signatures, leading to palpable discomfort in the Archdiocese of Lyon
Mathurin, 19, was quick to add his name to an online petition calling for the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon.
This is hardly surprising since he is the son of a victim of Father Bernard Preynat, a local priest accused of abusing dozens of boys between 1970 and 1980.
But more surprisingly, he says “fifteen or so” of his friends have also signed.“They didn’t do it to support me,” Mathurin, a dental student, insists. “They did it because they also reject church institutions to various degrees.
“Some believe the church could change after it has implemented a clean out but, personally, I am not convinced,” he says, adding that he now feels “alone in (his) faith.”
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