Lawyer reacts as prosecutor asks appeals court to quash Cardinal's 'sex abuse cover-up' conviction "We have a serious cause to support, a cause that is also symbolic": a lawyer for civil parties reacts after a French prosecutor asks an appeals court to quash a conviction against Cardinal Philippe Barbarin for failing to report sex abuse by a priest, eight months after a verdict that rocked the French Catholic Church. "Our society" is not "up to the task", adds the president of the victims' association, 'La Parole libérée'. Public prosecutor Joel Sollier had warned against a "symbolic" conviction, saying the cardinal could not be held accountable for the "mistakes" of the Catholic Church, which was slow to admit to the long-running cover-up of abuse allegations.\\n(COMPLETES VID1MO5HD_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES