Pope Francis says there is insufficient evidence to open a canonical investigation for sexual assault against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet. The pontiff made the declaration Thursday through the director of the Holy See press office.
Pope Francis says there is insufficient evidence to open a canonical investigation for sexual assault against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet.Ouellet is facing allegations of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit introduced this week in Quebec Superior Court.
A woman identified as "F." accused the cardinal, once considered a front-runner to become pope, of several incidents of sexual assault between 2008 and 2010, including sliding his hand down her back and touching her buttocks at an event in Quebec City. F. wrote a letter to Pope Francis in January 2021 regarding Ouellet and was informed that the Pope appointed Father Jacques Servais to investigate her allegations.
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