FILE PHOTO: Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, arrives at the courthouse to attend his appeal trial in Lyon, France, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court for civil cases, the Cour de Cassation, on Wednesday rejected an appeal against an earlier court ruling that had found Roman Catholic cardinal Philippe Barbarin not guilty of failing to report clerical sexual abuse.
Last year, an appeals court overturned a 2019 ruling against Barbarin, who was convicted of failing to report sexual abuse.
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