Bishops' Conference of France

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Bishops' Conference of France
Conférence des évêques de France

Abbreviation	CEF
Predecessor	Assembly of Cardinals and Archbishops of France
Formation	1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Type	Episcopal conference
Purpose	To support the ministry of bishops
Headquarters	Paris, France
Coordinates	48°50′57″N 2°18′41″E / 48.8493°N 2.31136°E / 48.8493; 2.31136
Region served	France
President	Archbishop Georges Pontier
Main organ	Conference
Website	cef.fr (in French)

The Bishops' Conference of France (French: Conférence des évêques de France) (CEF) is the national episcopal conference of the bishops of the Catholic Church in France.

Presidents

Presidents of the Assembly of Cardinals and Archbishops of France (1945–1966):

1945 (1945) – 1948 (1948): Emmanuel Suhard, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
1948 (1948) – 1964 (1964): Achille Liénart, Cardinal Bishop of Lille
1964 (1964) – 1966 (1966): Maurice Feltin, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris

Presidents of the conference:

1966 (1966) – 1969 (1969): Maurice Feltin, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
1969 (1969) – 1975 (1975): François Marty, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
1975 (1975) – 1981 (1981): Roger Etchegaray, Cardinal Archbishop of Marseille
1981 (1981) – 1987 (1987): Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, Bishop of Lille
1987 (1987) – 1990 (1990): Albert Decourtray, Cardinal Archbishop of Lyon
1990 (1990) – 1996 (1996): Joseph Duval, Archbishop of Rouen
1996 (1996) – 2001 (2001): Louis-Marie Billé, Cardinal Archbishop of Lyon
2001 (2001) – 2007 (2007): Jean-Pierre Ricard, Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux
2007 (2007) – 2013 (2013): André Vingt-Trois, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris
2013 (2013) – 2019: Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseille
(2019–present) Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims

Sex abuse

On November 9, 2019, the large majority of the 120 Bishops who are members of Conference of French Bishops approved a resolution agreeing that every French Catholic Bishop would pay compensation for abuse which took place in the French Catholic Church. The size of the payouts was later determined in April 2020.

In June 2019 the bishops set up the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (Commission indépendante sur les abus sexuels dans l'Église [fr], abbreviated CIASE. It was led by the former civil servant Jean-Marc Sauvé. In 2019, the commission stated that 3,000 children in France were sexually abused by Catholic clergy and officials since 1950 and that there was an average of 40 victims per year. In its final report, published on 5 October 2021, the commission concluded that in fact, around 216,000 children had been abused by clergy during this time. When including sexual abuse committed by lay members of the church, such as teachers at Catholic schools, they estimated 330,000 child victims.

After the publication, the archbishop of Reims, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort claimed that Catholic priests were not obliged to report sex abuse confessed to them under confessional secrecy. However, French law states that anyone aware of a sexual crime against a minor must report it to the authorities. Otherwise, they risk heavy fines and imprisonment. French president Emmanuel Macron therefore summoned the archbishop to the ministry of the interior, where interior minister Gérald Darmarin received the cleric "to make sure that things are clear”.

References

"Links to Episcopal Conferences". CNA Catholic News Agency. CNA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
"Monseigneur de Moulins-Beaufort, un nouveau chef de file pour l'Église de France". Le Figaro (in French). 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "French bishops approve payouts for sex abuse victims". 9 November 2019.
"French Bishops Back Payments to Sex Abuse Victims - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-09.
"Commission into French church sex abuse claims opens". France 24. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
"Commission into clerical sex abuse in France opens". 2019-06-03.
"At least 3,000 children were victims of sex abuse in French Catholic Church". Newsweek. 17 June 2020.
"French investigation: Abuse of minors in church tops 3,000 victims over 70 years - Catholic San Francisco - San Francisco, CA". Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
"French Church abuse: 216,000 children were victims of clergy - inquiry". BBC News. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
"France rebukes top bishop for saying confessional secrecy trumps law in sex abuse cases". France 24. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

External links

Official website (in French)

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Province of Besançon	Archdiocese of Besançon Diocese of Belfort–Montbéliard Diocese of Nancy Diocese of Saint-Claude Diocese of Saint-Dié Diocese of Verdun
Province of Bordeaux	Archdiocese of Bordeaux Diocese of Agen Diocese of Aire and Dax Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron Diocese of Périgueux
Province of Clermont	Archdiocese of Clermont Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Diocese of Moulins Diocese of Saint-Flour
Province of Dijon	Archdiocese of Dijon Archdiocese of Sens Diocese of Autun Diocese of Nevers Mission de France
Province of Lille	Archdiocese of Lille Archdiocese of Cambrai Diocese of Arras
Province of Lyon	Archdiocese of Lyon Archdiocese of Chambéry Diocese of Annecy Diocese of Belley–Ars Diocese of Grenoble–Vienne-les-Allobroges Diocese of Saint-Étienne Diocese of Valence Diocese of Viviers
Province of Marseille	Archdiocese of Marseille Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence Archdiocese of Avignon Diocese of Ajaccio Diocese of Digne Diocese of Fréjus–Toulon Diocese of Gap-Embrun Diocese of Nice
Province of Montpellier	Archdiocese of Montpellier Diocese of Carcassone-Narbonne Diocese of Mende Diocese of Nîmes Diocese of Perpignan–Elne
Province of Paris	Archdiocese of Paris Diocese of Créteil Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes Diocese of Meaux Diocese of Nanterre Diocese of Pontoise Diocese of Saint-Denis Diocese of Versailles
Province of Poitiers	Archdiocese of Poitiers Diocese of Angoulême Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes Diocese of Limoges Diocese of Tulle
Province of Reims	Archdiocese of Reims Diocese of Amiens Diocese of Beauvais Diocese of Châlons Diocese of Langres Diocese of Soissons Diocese of Troyes
Province of Rennes	Archdiocese of Rennes Diocese of Angers Diocese of Laval Diocese of Le Mans Diocese of Luçon Diocese of Nantes Diocese of Quimper Diocese of Saint-Brieuc Diocese of Vannes
Province of Rouen	Archdiocese of Rouen Diocese of Bayeux Diocese of Coutances Diocese of Évreux Diocese of Le Havre Diocese of Séez
Province of Toulouse	Archdiocese of Toulouse Archdiocese of Albi Archdiocese of Auch Diocese of Cahors Diocese of Montauban Diocese of Pamiers Diocese of Rodez Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
Province of Tours	Archdiocese of Tours Archdiocese of Bourges Diocese of Blois Diocese of Chartres Diocese of Orléans
Province of Martinique	Archdiocese of Fort-de-France Diocese of Basse-Terre Diocese of Cayenne
Province of Papeete	Archdiocese of Papeete Diocese of Taiohae
Province of Noumea	Archdiocese of Nouméa Diocese of Wallis and Futuna Diocese of Port-Vila
Directly under Holy See	Archdiocese of Strasbourg Diocese of Metz Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion Military Ordinariate of France
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics	Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris
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