Meeting since Tuesday in Lourdes on the occasion of the Conference of Bishops of France, the Church looks this week on the issue of pedophilia in the Church. While the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse presents the first conclusions of its work Thursday, Monsignor Luc Crépy, head of the permanent unit against pedophilia, believes on Europe 1 that there is still work to "better support victims" .

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"With the business, some parents are worried," admits Monsignor Luc Crépy. Invited from Europe 1 Thursday, the day of presentation of the first conclusions of the Independent Commission on the issue of sexual abuse, the Bishop of Puy-en-Velay believes that "in the life of a parish, we must show vigilance in all the activities that one carries out with the children If for him "the protocols of denunciation of author of sexual abuse are developed", as well at the level of the justice as at the ecclesial level, the man of church admits there is still "work to do to better accompany the victims."

Things "very perverse"

In charge of the permanent unit against pedophilia, he participates in the training of future priests. "For a young person at a seminary, there are not only classes and theoretical sessions," explains Monsignor Luc Crépy. "There are also practical workshops in the parish", which allows "to observe the future candidates". When someone presents a strong affective immaturity, it is the sign of an incompatibility with a career within the Church according to the bishop of Puy-en-Velay. "It is quite contradictory with the that this young person can one day become a priest and take care of young people. "

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But sometimes, "things are very hidden," admits Monsignor Luc Crépy. "The psycho-sexual structuring of a pedophile person is something very profound," he tries to explain, "it's not something made by becoming a priest or a religious." For the Bishop of Puy-en-Velay, it is not the Church who is responsible for these passages to the act. "These are people who have entered the orders with these structures there.Unfortunately, we do not have the means to detect these people," kicks in touch Monsignor Luc Crépy, "because they are very perverse things".

"How to accompany" a pedophile priest?

"This is where the training of future priests, we must say things about it", advocates the head of the permanent cell against pedophilia. According to Monsignor Luc Crépy, "if you have such impulses, you are absolutely unfit to minister and you have to do some follow-up work". And for those who have already done so, the bishop explains that there is work on follow-up measures for perpetrators of sexual abuse. "When a priest can no longer exercise his ministry", how to accompany him? A "delicate" question for Monsignor Luc Crépy.