(ANSA) - Paris, march 7 - Lyon Archbishop Cardinal Philippe
Barbarin was found guilty Thursday of failing to report sexual
abuse of minors in the 1970s and '80s at the scout camps of
Father Bernard Preyna.
Barbarin, 68, was sentenced to six months in jail by a Lyon
court.
It was a conditional sentence.
Barbarin resigned as archbishop after the sentence.
The Catholic Church has been roiled by abuse scandals and
last month a Vatican summit of world bishops vowed zero
tolerance on the issue.
Also last month, former Vatican No.3 George Pell became the
top Catholic Church figure to be convicted of sex abuse of
minors, in is native Australia.
He was found guilty of raping two choirboys in 1996 and will
be sentenced on March 23, risking 50 years in jail.
French cardinal guilty of covering up abuse
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin gets 6 mts in jail