A French cardinal will tender his resignation to Pope Francis after becoming the first high-ranking Catholic Church leader to be convicted of covering up child-sex abuse
PARIS— Thursday.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was appointed archbishop in the French city of Lyon in 2002, was accused of covering up for an abusive priest and endangering minors, the first time a cardinal has stood trial for failing to act on abuse accusations. The abuse by Father Bernard Preynat, who was a priest in the Lyon diocese from 1971 to 2015,...
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