After the devastating fire of Notre Dame in April 2019, Paris is at another new tragedy intimately related to this cathedral considered one of the oldest Gothic temples in the world.
The Archbishop Michel AUPTIT (70) is on tight rope because he has confessed to the Catholic newspaper La Croix who maintained an “ambiguous relationship” with a woman in 2012. Without entering details, the archdiocese denied the information that at the time published the weekly
Le Point.
Apparently, and always according to Le Point, this secret was discovered after Monsignor Aupetit mistakenly sent a private email to his secretary in February 2012. Before such a panorama, the ecclesiastic then declared that “I admit that my behavior towards it could have been
It was ambiguous, thus suggesting the existence among us from an intimate relationship and of sexual relations, which refutely refute. ”
The archdiocese has opened an internal investigation to clarify the facts.
For this reason, Monsignor has pointed out that “I have not used the word resignation, that would mean that I abandon my task. Actually, I returned to the Holy Father, who is the one who trusted me.”
At this time, Pope Francis (84) has the last word to decide whether the archbishop of the city of Light can continue with its tasks and, in this way, be a first-hand witness for when Notre Dame reopens the public in 2024
. So he affirmed several weeks ago Jean-Louis Georgelin, president of the organization in charge of restoration: “It would be a victory for France.”
Michel AUPTIT, born in Versailles, is a rule erudite since in addition to theologian is also a doctor, bioethics and teacher.
He officially has been in office since January 6, 2018 when he replaced Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, who at the age of 75 he had reached the canonical retirement.
The Holy Father is aware that the Catholic Church is going through a serious crisis in recent years because of sexual scandals and economic corruption they have put in check the institution.
The Pope commented before the Vatican Curia last year that “the Church is always a clay pot, precious so it contains and not so sometimes shows itself.”
