Alain Planet

Alain Planet (born 18 November 1948) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Carcassonne-Narbonne from 2004 to 2023.

[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 19 September[2] in the amphitheater of Carcasonne[3] from Archbishop Guy Thomazeau of Montpellier.

[5] In March 2018, he celebrated the memorial Mass in Trèbes for Arnaud Beltrame, the French gendarme who was killed after taking the place of a hostage.

[7] Following the release of the independent report on sexual abuse in the Church in 2021, Planet said he knew of three priest aggressors, one of whom had more than forty victims.

Of those only two wanted to speak with him, which proved sufficient to make him understand how sexual abuse can destroy lives.