Bishops' Conference of France


The Bishops' Conference of France is the national episcopal conference of the bishops of the Catholic Church in France.

Presidents

Presidents of the
Presidents of the conference
On November 9, 2019, the large majority of the 120 Bishops who are members of Conference of French Bishops approved a resolution agreeing that every French Catholic Bishop would pay compensation for abuse which took place in the French Catholic Church. The size of the payouts was later be determined in April 2020 In June 2020, the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, which was set up by the Church figures in June 2019, concluded that 3,000 children in France were sexually abused by Catholic clergy and officials since 1950 and that there was an average of 40 victims per year.