A former French priest accused of sexually abusing some 75 Boy Scouts has gone on trial. But the proceedings were delayed until Tuesday because of a strike by lawyers Monday.
The case is France’s worst clergy abuse drama to reach court so far. Its repercussions reached all the way to the Vatican.
Bernard Preynat admitted in the 1990s to abusing boys, but was only removed from the priesthood last year.
The church defrocked him only after a French cardinal was convicted of covering up for Preynat’s actions.
Several other church officials were also accused of failing to alert police or prosecutors.
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