Former bishop of French Guyana guilty of sex abuse, Vatican court says
Bishop Emmanuel Lafont (center) addresses the crowd during a protest against same-sex marriage in Cayenne, French Guyana, on Jan. 12, 2013. / Photo credit JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty ImagesDenver, Colo., Dec 20, 2022 / 15:45 pm (CNA).Bishop Emeritus Emmanuel Lafont of Cayenne, French Guyana, has been found guilty of sexual abuse in a canonical court and banned from public ministry, while the country's civil authorities are investigating charges against him."He is under house arrest, in a monastery on mainland France," the Bishops' Conference of France told Agence France Presse. He must ...