Peruvian bishops: Cipriani has ‘every right to assert innocence’
The local bishops' conference made the concession after the cardinal pushed back on their previous statements
In the latest of a back-and-forth exchange between Peru’s bishops’ and a cardinal accused of abuse, the country’s bishops’ conference said on Monday that Cardinal Juan Cipriani has not been found guilty in a canonical procedure, and that the cardinal has the right to assert his innocence.
The April 7 stateme…