Pope Francis says there is insufficient evidence to initiate a formal investigation into the sexual assault of Cardinal Marc Ouerret of Quebec.
The Pope made the declaration today through the Director General of the Press of the Holy See.
Ouellet faces sexual assault allegations in a class action lawsuit filed in the Quebec Superior Court this week.
Female identified as 'F'. The cardinal, once considered the frontrunner to become pope, was sexually abused at events in Quebec City between 2008 and 2010, including slipping his hand down his back and touching his buttocks.
F. wrote a letter to Pope Francis about Ouellet in January 2021 in which the Pope appointed Father Jacques Servais to investigate her allegations. I was informed that
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