Mr Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon and the highest-profile cleric to be caught up in the child sex abuse scandal inside the French Catholic Church, was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence.
He denied concealing allegations that Father Bernard Preynat abused dozens of boys more than a decade before he arrived in the Lyon diocese in 2002.Mr Barbarin told a brief news conference he would travel to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis in the next few days and resign.There was no immediate word from the Vatican on whether Francis would accept the resignation, which could remove Barbarin from his post as archbishop but leave him with the rank of cardinal.
“This will send a strong message to the Church and to the pope,” said abuse victim Francois Devaux, applauding the verdict.
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