"
It is not a summons
", insists in the entourage of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin about the meeting taken, for Tuesday, October 12, with Bishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops' Conference.
"
It is an invitation - to come and explain and discuss - we have never used the word 'convocation'
, insists this authorized source -
on what he said Wednesday morning on a radio
".
This is Franceinfo
,
where the bishop was the guest of the 8:30 am newspaper to react to the publication, the day before, of the report of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (Ciase).
His little sentence on the radio caused a lot of noise since Gabriel Attal, government spokesman, said Thursday: "
The President of the Republic asked the Minister of the Interior to receive the president of the Conference of Bishops of France to make things clear.
"
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