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French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre, poses in Eldorado Theater in Paris on December 13, 1988, as he presents his second play "Permis de Vivre", about Emmaus Foundation, directed by Marc Dufour. (Photo by Gilles LEIMDORFER / AFP)
A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church for its record on sex abuse.
Victim support groups and traditionalists have expressed outrage over the case of Dominique Spina, who was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old boy in 2006 and sentenced to five years in prison.
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