The Vatican said Friday it has decided to launch a preliminary sex abuse investigation into a prominent French cardinal after he admitted to having behaved in a "reprehensible way" with a 14-year-old ...

PARIS (AP) — The prosecutor’s office in Marseille has opened a preliminary investigation for “aggravated sexual assault” against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, one of France’s highest-ranking prelates ...

The Vatican announced Friday it will be looking into the allegations that a member of its department that sanctions abuse cases in the Catholic Church sexually abused a 14-year-old more than 40 years ...

French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux is pictured in a 2013 photo at the Vatican. The Vatican will begin an investigation of Cardinal Ricard, who admitted in a public letter that he had ...

A French cardinal said on Monday that he had abused a 14-year-old girl several decades ago and was making himself available to authorities. Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard said in a statement: ...

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French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux is pictured in a 2013 photo at the Vatican. He has admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago. (Credit: Max Rossi/Reuters via CNS.) Listen PARIS ...