Word: guyot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though many parishioners apparently knew of the liaison and were not disturbed by it, Cecile's parents did complain-to Toulouse's Archbishop Jean Guyot. In a gentle, anguished message read from Toulouse pulpits, Guyot said, "I wish I could remain silent," but reluctantly stated that priests who violate their vows of celibacy must consider themselves "relieved of their priestly functions." Thereupon, Forestier resigned, together with six of his colleagues in the working-class parish of St. Francis Xavier; the seven posted a statement of solidarity on their parish-house door. Though Forestier's comrades were somewhat...