Jean-Pierre Ricard, who has been a cardinal since 2006, revealed the abuse in a letter on Monday and said he would withdraw from his functions
A French cardinal has confessed to abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a parish priest in the 1980s.
. "Thirty-five years ago, when I was a parish priest, I behaved in a reprehensible way with a young girl aged 14," he said.He went on to ask for forgiveness and said he would be available should the legal and church authorities wish to speak to him. Cardinal Ricard, 78, was ordained as a priest in 1968. He became archbishop of Bordeaux in 2001 and retired three years ago.Council for the Economy, which oversees all the financial activities of the Holy See.
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