Senior Quebec Church Leader Resumes Role After Six-Month Leave Due to Abuse Claims

Senior Quebec Church Leader Resumes Role After Six-Month Leave Due to Abuse Claims
Cardinal Gerard Lacroix reacts to his nomination by Pope Francis in Quebec City on Jan. 13, 2014. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Cardinal Gérald Lacroix is resuming his duties today as archbishop of Quebec City after a Vatican-mandated investigation found no evidence tying the senior church leader to sexual misconduct allegations.

Lacroix says he has resumed his role after taking a voluntary six-month absence beginning in late January when the abuse allegations first surfaced as part of a class-action lawsuit against the diocese for historical sexual abuse cases.