Father Bernard Preynat, convicted of sexual assault on a minor, was picked up Wednesday at 9 a.m. by the police from the departmental security at his sister's home in the Loire, where he lived, we learn from an informed source.
By virtue of a judgment of the Lyon's sentencing chamber, confirming the execution of a judgment against him, the former Lyonnais priest was to be presented at the beginning of the afternoon before a court before d '' be imprisoned in the Lyon-Corbas remand center.
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In March 2020, Bernard Preynat was sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault committed between 1971 and 1991 against young scouts in the diocese of Lyon.
He gave up on appeal last fall.
A canonical process had already made him lose his quality of priest in July 2019. This case, which broke out in 2015, splashed the entire Catholic hierarchy through Cardinal Philippe Barbarin.
Sentenced at first instance in 2019 for his silences on the case, the prelate was then released on appeal but resigned from his duties as Archbishop of Lyon.
His imprisonment His lawyer in fact sought the advice of a panel of experts to determine whether his state of health is compatible with detention.
Aged 75, he appeared in good health a year ago during his trial before the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Lyon.
