L’Eglise est-elle sainte alors que ses ministres sont pécheurs ?

Father Bernard de Lacoste addressed the relationship between the holiness of the Church and the failings of its ministers during a conference on August 21, 2026, in La Réunion.

De Lacoste, the director of the Seminary of Écône and author of Sacerdoce et Célibat, examined statistics related to clerical scandals. He responded to criticisms directed at the priesthood and clerical celibacy while explaining the theological definition of the Church's holiness.