“"As a sign of hope and renewal, we ask for the collective resignation of all the bishops in office. It is the only gesture commensurate with the catastrophe and the loss of confidence in which we find ourselves," says the "Appeal for a Renewed and Trustworthy Church", which was posted Monday.”
“The president of the Bishops' Conference of France said that the extent of the phenomenon of sexual crimes in the Church was "greater than we could have feared"”