SEX ASSAULT:Paris City Hall, Vatican envoy to France probed over sex assault allegations

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Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, was suspected of having touched the buttocks of the male junior staffer during Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s New Year address in Paris.
Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, was suspected of having touched the buttocks of the male junior staffer during Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s New Year address in Paris.PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (REUTERS) – French authorities are investigating allegations that the Vatican’s ambassador to France molested a junior official in Paris’ City Hall, a City Hall official said on Friday (Feb 15). 
The official told Reuters that Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, who has held the post in Paris for the past decade, was suspected of having touched the buttocks of the male junior staffer during Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s New Year address.  
Archbishop Ventura “caressed in an insistent and repeated manner the young man’s buttocks during the ceremony. He put his hands on his buttocks several times”, the City Hall official said. 
A judicial source confirmed a preliminary investigation against Archbishop Ventura was underway. The Vatican did not respond to requests for comment. 
Pope Francis has come under fire over the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of a long-running sexual abuse crisis.  While much of the recent focus has been on the United States, Australia and Chile, the trial last month of the Archbishop of Lyon put the spotlight on Europe’s senior clergy again. 
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is charged with failing to act on historic allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts by a priest in his diocese. A verdict is due on March 7. 
The Paris City Hall official said the allegations against Archbishop Ventura involved a male employee from the mayor’s international relations team. He had been tasked with looking after Archbishop Ventura during the ceremony. Related Story

The Pope, his accuser, and the sex abuse scandal that’s buffeting the Vatican

City Hall filed a complaint against Archbishop Ventura to Paris Prosecutor Remy Heitz’s office on Jan 23, six days after the alleged molestation.

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