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French bishop issues ‘fraternal correction’ over ‘appalling’ Spina appointment

Archbishop Giraud called the appointment of a priest convicted of rape as chancellor in another diocese ‘unacceptable.’

Edgar Beltrán
Jul 22, 2025
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A French archbishop has publicly criticized the appointment of a priest convicted of rape as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Toulouse, calling the appointment was “unacceptable and untenable.”

Archbishop Hervé Giraud of the Diocese of Viviers. Credit: GIRAUD07, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Archbishop Hervé Giraud of the Diocese of Viviers criticized the appoi…

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