Bishops' Conference of France

Presidents of the Assembly of Cardinals and Archbishops of France (1945–1966):

• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1945}}|end_date={{End date|1948}}|event=Emmanuel Suhard, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1948}}|end_date={{End date|1964}}|event=Achille Liénart, Cardinal Bishop of Lille}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1964}}|end_date={{End date|1966}}|event=Maurice Feltin, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris}}

Presidents of the conference:

• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1966}}|end_date={{End date|1969}}|event=Maurice Feltin, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1969}}|end_date={{End date|1975}}|event=François Marty, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1975}}|end_date={{End date|1981}}|event=Roger Etchegaray, Cardinal Archbishop of Marseille}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1981}}|end_date={{End date|1987}}|event=Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, Bishop of Lille}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1987}}|end_date={{End date|1990}}|event=Albert Decourtray, Cardinal Archbishop of Lyon}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1990}}|end_date={{End date|1996}}|event=Joseph Duval, Archbishop of Rouen}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1996}}|end_date={{End date|2001}}|event=Louis-Marie Billé, Cardinal Archbishop of Lyon}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2001}}|end_date={{End date|2007}}|event=Jean-Pierre Ricard, Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|end_date={{End date|2013}}|event=André Vingt-Trois, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris}}
• {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|end_date=2019|event=Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseille}}
• 2019 – 2025: Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims{{cite news |title=Monseigneur de Moulins-Beaufort, un nouveau chef de file pour l'Église de France| url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2019/04/03/01016-20190403ARTFIG00115-mgr-de-moulins-beaufort-un-nouveau-chef-de-file-de-l-eglise-de-france.php|work= Le Figaro|date=3 April 2019|access-date = 4 April 2019| language = fr }}
• 2025 – present : Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191109-french-bishops-approve-payouts-for-sex-abuse-victims|title = French bishops approve payouts for sex abuse victims|date = 9 November 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/11/09/world/europe/09reuters-france-religion.html |title=French Bishops Back Payments to Sex Abuse Victims - The New York Times |website=www.nytimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109235605/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/11/09/world/europe/09reuters-france-religion.html |archive-date=2019-11-09}} The size of the payouts was later determined in April 2020.

In June 2019 the bishops set up the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church ({{Interlanguage link|Commission indépendante sur les abus sexuels dans l'Église|lt=Commission indépendante sur les abus sexuels dans l'Église|fr}}, abbreviated CIASE. It was led by the former civil servant Jean-Marc Sauvé.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190603-commission-french-church-sex-abuse-claims-opens|title=Commission into French church sex abuse claims opens|date=2019-06-03|website=France 24|language=en|access-date=2020-07-23}}{{Cite web|date=2019-06-03|title=Commission into clerical sex abuse in France opens|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2019/0603/1053192-france-church-commission/|language=en}} In 2019, the commission stated 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/least-3000-children-were-victims-sex-abuse-french-catholic-church-1511499|title = At least 3,000 children were victims of sex abuse in French Catholic Church|website = Newsweek|date = 17 June 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://catholic-sf.org/news/french-investigation-abuse-of-minors-in-church-tops-3-000-victims-over-70-years |title=French investigation: Abuse of minors in church tops 3,000 victims over 70 years - Catholic San Francisco - San Francisco, CA |access-date=2020-07-23 |archive-date=2020-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724131459/https://catholic-sf.org/news/french-investigation-abuse-of-minors-in-church-tops-3-000-victims-over-70-years |url-status=dead }} In its final report, published on 5 October 2021, the commission concluded that in fact, around 216,000 children had been abused by clergy during this time. When including sexual abuse committed by lay members of the church, such as teachers at Catholic schools, they estimated 330,000 child victims.{{Cite news|date=2021-10-05|title=French Church abuse: 216,000 children were victims of clergy - inquiry|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58801183|access-date=2021-10-19}}

After the publication, the archbishop of Reims, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort claimed that Catholic priests were not obliged to report sex abuse confessed to them under confessional secrecy. However, French law states that anyone aware of a sexual crime against a minor must report it to the authorities. Otherwise, they risk heavy fines and imprisonment. French president Emmanuel Macron therefore summoned the archbishop to the ministry of the interior, where interior minister Gérald Darmarin received the cleric "to make sure that things are clear”.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-07|title=France rebukes top bishop for saying confessional secrecy trumps law in sex abuse cases|url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20211007-france-summons-top-bishop-for-saying-sex-abuse-revealed-at-confession-should-stay-secret|access-date=2021-10-19|website=France 24|language=en}}

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