Priest of the diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux, Father Bruno Thévenin is accused “abuse of persons and offenses against the sacraments of penance and the Eucharist” , announces Bishop Jacques Habert in a press release, this Friday, October 11, 2024. This religious has worked for a long time in the Paris region for the Mission Thérésienne association. “He now resides in the diocese” , specifies the press release.
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The victims were informed
The accusations against him led to an extrajudicial criminal procedure (Editor’s note: an internal procedure within the Church) carried out by the Officiality of the Diocese of Paris, the ecclesiastical tribunal. “A first decision found him guilty and sentenced him to dismissal from the clerical state and excommunication” , continues Mgr Jacques Habert. He is therefore banned from any ministry, but can appeal this conviction. “The victims have been informed of this decision” , concludes the Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux.
In 2022, the Mission Thérésienne association was abolished
Two years ago, in 2022, the bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux abolished the Thérésienne Mission, an association founded by Father Thévenin, to “significant dysfunctions”.
Father Thévenin had already been the subject of a complaint, followed by an investigation, without follow-up, before the installation of Mgr Habert, reported the magazine Christian Family in 2022.
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