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French Priest gets 5-year jail term for sex assault of 75 boy scouts

A defrocked French Catholic priest was given a five-year jail term Monday for sexually abusing boy scouts decades ago when they were in his care, his lawyer said.

The allegations against Bernard Preynat sparked the biggest crisis in the French Church in decades and last year saw a cardinal accused of covering up the alleged crimes.

 

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