Therefore,
Archbishop returns his decision:
His appointment last June had caused strong reactions. Moreover, The abbot Dominique Spina had been chosen by the Archbishop of Toulouse. In addition, MRG Guy Da Kerimelto become the new Chancellor at 1is Next September.
The announcement had quickly hit the headlines. Nevertheless, because the former parish priest had been sentenced in 2006 by the Tarbes court (Hautes-Pyrénées) for Rape committed on a 16 -year -old In 1993. Nevertheless, Dominique Spina was, at that time, chaplain in Pau.
For several weeks, the voices have risen, asking the Archbishop of Toulouse to reconsider this appointment. Consequently, He spoke this Saturday, August 16, 2025.
The archbishop back – Archbishop returns his decision
The information archbishop returns his decision was published this Saturday by the diocese of Toulouse. Similarly, At the request of Archbishop Guy de Kerimel. “Father Dominique Spina has given up the charge of Chancellor with real availability of heart,” read.
The one who had explained to take “the party of mercy” by choosing Father Spina finally decided to backtrack. He thus responds to the requests of the bishops of France to reconsider this decision. The latter believe that this appointment can only “rekindle wounds” and “disconcert” the faithful.
Several collectives of victims of Catholic establishments. including that of Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram, had expressed their “anger” and their “deep indignation” by denouncing an “unacceptable” situation.
Mgr de Kerimel asks for “forgiveness to the victims” – Archbishop returns his decision
“In order not to provoke a division between bishops. and not to stay at a face-to-face between ‘for’ and the ‘against’, I archbishop returns his decision decided to come back to my decision ; It is now done, with the appointment of a new chancellor, ”writes Bishop Guy de Kerimel.
He continues: “My decision had been interpreted by many people like a camouflet towards victims of sexual abuse . I ask for forgiveness from the victims. It was obviously not my intention ”.
The archbishop also asks for forgiveness from Father Spina “for not having been able to find the right. place to which he is entitled”.
“The author must repair the evil committed”
In 2006. priest Dominique Spina had been sentenced to five years in prison including a year suspended. A sentence that was accomplished by the man of the church. and to which Mgr de Kerimel refers in his letter:
The author must repair the evil committed, or, at least, by the penalty that justice inflicts him archbishop returns his decision to participate in the compensation for the evil committed. When it comes to a crime, evil always has an irreparable dimension. What to do in this case? Practice revenge? It would be locking in a destructive logic and finally in the ultimate victory for evil.
Who is the new chancellor?
In addition, the diocese of Toulouse unveiled the name of the one who will become, on September 1, the new Chancellor. These are Léopold Biki which had notably been on a mission within the parish community of the Lacroix-Falgarde sector. before joining that of Saint-Jean-L’Union in 2015.
He will be “responsible for the establishment. conservation of the archives and all the acts of archbishop returns his decision the diocese, among others the acts of Catholicity (baptism, confirmation, marriage)”, as defined by the Catholic Church.
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