The prelate admitted to having “an ambiguous behavior” towards a woman in 2012. Only the pope may decide to accept or reject his request for resignation.
Le Monde
At the head of the most important diocese of France since December 2017, M Gr Michel Apepetit, who succeeded Cardinal André twenty-three, is in the turmoil. He proposed to the Pope to give him his resignation, were he learned from the diocese of Paris, who admitted that the prelate had “an ambiguous behavior” towards a woman in 2012. “A mail [was] sent This week, “said France-Presse Agency (AFP) the Diocese of Paris, confirming information from Figaro . The daily adds that M Gr aupetit “met last week in Rome Cardinal Ouellet, prefect of the congregation of the bishops, in this sense”. Only the pope may decide to accept or reject the resignation.
“Ambiguous behavior”
In 2012, the Archbishop “had ambiguous behavior with a very present person vis-à-vis him,” we added. Wednesday on her website, The point said that M g aupetit had an intimate and consented relationship with a woman, making reference to an email he would have sent by mistake and who did not leave doubt, according to the weekly, as to the relationship maintained. It was “not a romantic relationship” or a “sexual relationship”, on Friday at the AFP the diocese. “He opened at his hierarchy at the time”.
“I recognize that my behavior vis-à-vis it could be ambiguous, thus suggesting the existence between us with an intimate relationship and sexual intercourse, which I refute with force”, said M gr aupetit in the article of point.
The request for resignation “is not an admission of guilt, but a gesture of humility, a provision”, emphasized the diocese. Michel Apepetit makes this gesture today “because he understands that there may be a disorder in the Catholics of the diocese,” we added.
In The cross , the archbishop explains his approach: “The word” resignation “is not the one I used. Resignation would like to say that I give up my charge. In reality, I put it back in the hands of the Holy Father, because it is he who gave me it. I did it to preserve the diocese, because, as bishop, I must be serving the unit “.