French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admitted in a statement on Monday that he molested a 14-year-old girl decades ago and said he would step down from his posts, Reuters reported.

“Thirty-five years ago, when I was a parish priest, I behaved shamefully with a 14-year-old girl. My behavior inevitably led to serious and lasting consequences for this person,” Rikard said in a statement.

Ricard apologized and said he would resign from his positions and make himself available to legal and church authorities.

Several years ago, the bishop of Ricard, Hervé Gaschinard, was accused of “inappropriate” gestures and words with young people, and in 2017 the Holy See asked Monsignor Hervé Gaschinard to “submit a request for resignation,” Yahoo News reported at the time.