Archbishop target of entirely justified satire after appointing a convicted sex offender Chancellor of his Archdiocese

Archbishop target of entirely justified satire after appointing a convicted sex offender Chancellor of his Archdiocese
The pitiful justifications for the unjustifiable—the appointment by Archbishop de Kerimel of Father Spina, sentenced to prison for the rape of a teenager in the 1990s, as chancellor of the Diocese of Toulouse—inspired a team of Christian cartoonists who recreated the Bishop of Toulouse (Lautrec) in the lighthearted drawings of a "Miséricorde magazine," featuring an almost imaginary interview with the person concerned, or rather, Bishop Gargamel. Even the episcopal coat of arms and motto have been revised. Read with your eyes closed and with the diocesan archives locked.
The first issue—whose title refers to Bishop de Kerimel's words, "I take the side of mercy," to make an abusive priest the successor to a Chancellor who is not yet fully mature—was released this Monday morning. Its motto could be castigat ridendo mores- It chastises his manners by laughing.
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