New episode in the Mgr Michel Aupetit affair.
The latter denies having had an intimate and consented relationship with a woman in 2012, when he was not yet Archbishop of Paris.
This accusation, formulated at the end of November in an article in Le
Point
, had prompted the man of the Church to submit his resignation to the Pope, who had immediately accepted.
The weekly was based on an email sent in error by the prelate and which would leave little doubt about the relationship maintained.
But Bishop Michel Aupetit does not have the same version.
According to him, this famous woman "was a person who, as it often happens when one is a priest or a doctor, becomes attached because she suffers from loneliness," he explains in an interview with the Parisian.
She wrote to me every day.
I answered a mail and my secretary was able to read it, since we shared the same mailbox.
"The former archbishop of Paris assures us that" there was no connection ".
“This person once had a pain in his back.
I gave her a massage to relieve her.
I remind you that I am a doctor, ”he defends himself.
Bishop Aupetit speaks of a friendly relationship
On December 8,
Paris Match
published photos of him in the company of a Belgian theologian, Laetitia Calmeyn.
“It has nothing to do with a loving relationship or having sex.
It is a friendship (…) I find it despicable that it is soiled, ”said the Archbishop.
He says he had lunch with her in a small bistro before walking with her in the forest of Meudon.
"If you can't eat with a friend anymore without a paparazzi photographing you, what world do we live in?"
"
According to him, his lawyer, Me Jean Reinhart, is currently drafting a defamation complaint.
“I cannot accept that my silence is interpreted as an admission of guilt,” he continues.
The Pope "has mixed the elements of history a bit"
Michel Aupetit also reconsidered the decision of the Pope who had indicated that the archbishop could no longer govern because his “reputation has been damaged”, evoking a “breach” of the sixth commandment (You will not commit adultery, Editor's note), "Not total but small caresses and massages that he gave to his secretary". “I think he mixed up the elements of the story a bit. My poor secretary has nothing to do with all of this. I know her husband and his family well. I baptized his grandchildren, ”he explains.
Asked during his interview to find out if he had the feeling of being the victim of a cabal, Mgr Aupetit answered "yes".
“I was designated people, networks who resented me and who took action.
But I have no proof.
I prayed to God not to put bitterness in my heart and I prayed for those who want to harm me ”, indicates the Archbishop.
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