Pedophilia: Barbarin acquitted on appeal

(ANSA) - PARIS, JAN 30 - The Pope had refused his resignations last March, preferring to postpone the decision pending the decision of the Court of Appeal. After sentencing to 6 months for failure to report sexual abuse by a priest from his diocese, that of Lyon (central France), Cardinal Barbarin was acquitted on appeal today. But he insisted in a press conference announcing that he will resubmit the emissions to Pope Francis. "Again, I will put my position as archbishop of Lyon in the hands of Pope Francis," Barbarin announced at a press conference after the hearing, adding that acquittal still allows "to open a new chapter for the Church of Lyon". The director of the Vatican press room Matteo Bruni, reiterating the proximity of the Holy See to the victims and to the "Church of Lyon, severely tried", reports: "The Holy Father, who continues to follow the progress of these painful events, will communicate his decision in due course ".