French Archbishop Philippe Barbarin attends a Good Friday mass in Saint-Jean Cathedral in Lyon, France, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
LYON, France (Reuters) - French police questioned the Roman Catholic cardinal-archbishop of Lyon on Wednesday in an investigation into the activities of a paedophile priest in the early 1990s and why they were not reported to the civil authorities.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, 65, who has denied covering up the activities of Father Bernard Preynat, was questioned as a witness by officers of the child and family protection brigade at a police station in the central city, his lawyer said.
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