French Bishop Stanislas Lalanne says that pedophilia is "bad", but "could not say" if it is a sin, statements that caused the reaction Wednesday of an association of victims.
"Pedophilia is a bad Is the dominion of sin? That I would not know how to say, it is different for each person. But it is a bad and the first thing to do is protect victims or possible victims, "Lalanne, bishop of Pontoise (outskirts of Paris) told RCF Christian radio network of 63 francophones he said.
Monsignor Lalanne intervened in a dedicated to the theme "The Church in France against pedophilia", at a time when the Archbishop of Lyon (east), Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, is the subject of a judicial investigation for not reporting sexual assault of a priest issue of his diocese.
In a statement released Wednesday, the members of the association La Parole Libérée (The Word Freed), which revealed the assaults on minors committed by a priest of Lyon, denounced words that resonate "violent and degrading manner for victims of acts pedophile. "