Overview
- The Apostolic Nunciature in France disclosed that Pope Francis solicited and accepted the September 27 resignation of Jean‑Paul Gusching after reports he maintained relations with women.
- A preliminary canonical investigation is underway, entrusted to Mgr Stanislas Lalanne and Mgr Philippe Ballot, with no findings announced to date.
- The Vatican filed a report with French civil authorities, though the Verdun prosecutor told AFP she had not been informed of the revocation or its grounds.
- Precautionary measures require Gusching to live away from Amiens and Verdun and to refrain from any public liturgical or pastoral activity.
- In an interview cited by AFP, Gusching acknowledged one relationship with an adult woman from about 2015 to 2022 and criticized the situation as unjust, while further details remain undisclosed.