LYON, France -- A French court has found top Catholic official Cardinal Philippe Barbarin guilty for failing to report to justice accusations against a pedophile priest. In a surprise decision ...

LYON, France (AP) — In a surprise ruling, France’s senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was convicted Thursday of failing to report a known pedophile priest to police, the latest ...

Philippe Barbarin, the French cardinal who went on trial Monday charged with covering up sex abuse of minors by a priest in his diocese, is a conservative cleric who has made headlines for blunt and ...

A French appeals court on Thursday overturned a cardinal's conviction for failing to report alleged sex abuse by a priest in a case that rocked the Catholic Church. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, ...