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Clerical sexual abuse

Strasbourg vicar general has open abuse case, archdiocese says

A senior official blamed a 'misunderstanding' for previously stating the case had been closed.

Luke Coppen
Sep 30, 2025
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A senior official in France’s troubled Strasbourg archdiocese has said he mistakenly told media that a canonical case for alleged child sexual abuse against a reinstated vicar general was closed when it was in fact open.

The nave of Strasbourg Cathedral in France. DerHexer/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canon Jean-Luc Liénard told the French investigative outlet…

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