Archbishop Jean-Pierre Grallet O.F.M. in May 2013. / Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)CNA Newsroom, Nov 17, 2022 / 03:25 am (CNA).A retired French bishop is under investigation for what he called "inappropriate gestures" towards a woman several decades ago.Monsignor Jean-Pierre Grallet, archbishop emeritus of Strasbourg, said in a statement published Wednesday he deeply regretted making "inappropriate gestures [gestes déplacés] toward a young woman of legal age" in the late 1980s. The 81-year-old Franciscan religious said he had written to the woman in the summer of 2022, "to tell her that I had failed her and to ask her forgiveness."Grallet said he would now await the outcome of the canonical and civil investigations, and withdraw "from public speaking."His successor and current Archbishop of Strasbourg on Wednesday said he had been contacted by the victim in December 2021. "I reported the matter to the Strasbourg Pu
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Cardinal Angelo Becciu. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Rome Newsroom, Aug 26, 2022 / 04:54 am (CNA).The possible reinstatement of the cardinal privileges of Cardinal Angelo Becciu made headlines this week after the former official said he would be attending the Church s upcoming consistories, or meetings of cardinals, reportedly by invitation of Pope Francis.The 74-year-old cardinal from the Italian island region of Sardinia was once one of the most powerful men in the Vatican before he was investigated for financial wrongdoing and charged with crimes including embezzlement, fraud, and extortion.After more than a year on trial, Becciu continues to defend his innocence and the good intentions behind his actions.Here is a run-down of all the twists and turns of the last few years for Cardinal Becciu:1. Fall from graceBecciu served as "sostituto," or second-ranking official at the Secretariat of State, from 2011 to 2018, when Pope Francis named hi
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