LYON (FRANCE)
The Guardian
January 13, 2020
By Kim Willsher in Paris
Bernard Preynat, 74, is believed to have sexually abused scores of boys over a 30-year period
The victims of a paedophile priest at the heart of the biggest scandal to hit the Catholic church will face their attacker in a French court.
Bernard Preynat, 74, who has been defrocked, is believed to have sexually abused scores of boys over a 30-year period, many of them while they attended catechism classes or Boy Scout camps he ran.
Even after he admitted he was “sick” and had a problem with children, he was allowed to remain a priest in his diocese in Lyon.
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