The number of bishops accused of covering sexual abuse increases to 27

Two months after our revelations, the count of shame continues to turn in the heart of the Church of France. According to our information, it is now 27 bishops who have covered sexual abuse. While the Archbishop of Besançon, Bishop Bouilleret, is at the heart of a new affair, the institution remains paralyzed by the abuses of its bishops.

It is the fruit of a year of inquiry: 25 bishops, five of whom are still in office, methodically covered 32 sexual abusers for years, leaving behind 339 alleged victims. A French Spotlight.

Several dozen priests who perpetrate sexual violence have been systematically covered by 25 bishops with no knowledge, according to the results of a one-year investigation conducted by Mediapart at the heart of the Cases of pedophilia and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France.