PARIS (FRANCE)
LaCroix International
March 27, 2019
The former rector of the Paray-le-Monial shrines, Father Bernard Peyrous is a specialist in the history of spirituality and spiritual theology as well as the former postulator for the beatification of Marthe Robin. The priest is also a well known personality in the Emmanuel Community, a lay Catholic association. He has been a highly appreciated spiritual director of hundreds of people.
At least, this was the case until October 2017, when – to general surprise – the then-70-year-old priest resigned from all his duties. In consultation with leaders of the Emmanuel Community, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux instituted precautionary measures that placed restrictions on Fr. Peyrous for “gravely inappropriate behavior towards an adult woman.”
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