CNACardinal Marc Ouellet, c, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, listens while Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, reads a statement at a press conference on Nov. 11, 2010.
The Vatican, for its part, conducted a preliminary investigation in August. Pope Francis determined that there was not sufficient evidence to begin a canonical investigation against Cardinal Ouellet for sexual assault.