A French prosecutor has thrown out the case of a prominent cardinal who was under investigation for alleged failure to report suspected paedophilia by a priest under his watch.
Lyon prosecutor Marc Cimamonti told The Associated Press on Monday that there wasn't sufficient evidence against Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and the statute of limitations had expired for some of the allegations.
Barbarin had been questioned in June by investigators in the case of Rev. Bernard Preynat, a priest charged with sexual aggression and rape of a minor and accused of abusing boy scouts in the 1980s. Fr Preynat was removed from parish work in August 2015.
