https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Greek Orthodox priest shot last week in the French city of Lyon was the victim of a jealous husband rather than an Islamic terrorist, Le Parisien reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201108/greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:19:32 +0100 greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband A French priest was Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners, one of whom was just nine when the offences started, and embezzling 100,000 euros to pay one of his victims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190202/french-priest-jailed-for-sexual-abuse Sat, 02 Feb 2019 09:57:04 +0100 french-priest-jailed-for-sexual-abuse A French Catholic priest was suspended Friday after a video of him smacking a crying baby during a baptism ceremony went viral, drawing widespread condemnation on social media. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180623/french-priest-suspended-after-slapping-baby-during-baptism Sat, 23 Jun 2018 03:55:54 +0200 french-priest-suspended-after-slapping-baby-during-baptism A French court sentenced a priest on Thursday to up to five years in jail after finding him guilty of sexually abusing two young boys in the Central African Republic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170127/french-priest-gets-five-years-in-jail-for-abusing-two-boys Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:34:54 +0100 french-priest-gets-five-years-in-jail-for-abusing-two-boys Pope Francis has agreed to speed up the path to sainthood for French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel, murdered by two teenaged jihadists in July, Vatican sources said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161003/pope-to-give-slain-french-priest-fast-track-to-sainthood Mon, 03 Oct 2016 11:31:55 +0200 pope-to-give-slain-french-priest-fast-track-to-sainthood France paid its last respects on Tuesday to Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest murdered by jihadists last week, at an emotional funeral held under tight security at Rouen cathedral in northern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160802/thousands-gather-to-mourn-murdered-french-priest Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:16:30 +0200 thousands-gather-to-mourn-murdered-french-priest Over 2,000 mourners are expected at Rouen Cathedral on Tuesday to pay their respects to the French priest who was killed in a brutal knife attack by jihadists as he said mass. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160802/hundreds-to-turn-out-for-funeral-of-slain-french-priest Tue, 02 Aug 2016 09:49:44 +0200 hundreds-to-turn-out-for-funeral-of-slain-french-priest French investigators searched the offices of the diocese of Lyon on Wednesday over the alleged cover-up of a paedophile priest, a source close to the probe said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160330/french-bishops-office-searched-in-paedophile-priest-case Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:08:48 +0200 french-bishops-office-searched-in-paedophile-priest-case A French judge has opened a preliminary investigation into “failure to report a crime” after the alleged victims of a paedophile priest said top Catholic officials covered up for him, judicial sources said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160305/french-probe-into-paedophile-priest-cover-up Sat, 05 Mar 2016 12:37:06 +0100 french-probe-into-paedophile-priest-cover-up A 64-year-old man in eastern France wants to see his former school chaplain convicted for "turning him into a paedophile", over 50 years after the cleric abused him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150721/frenchman-sues-priest-for-making-him-a-pedophile Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:12:00 +0200 frenchman-sues-priest-for-making-him-a-pedophile A couple in the southern French city of Toulon have been arrested for allegedly robbing retired nuns and priests whose addresses they obtained from a church directory. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140923/thieves-target-nuns-priests-france-directory Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:48:00 +0200 thieves-target-nuns-priests-france-directory France's Catholic Church has caused a bit of a stir with a new campaign to attract fundraisers. Its name is inspired by a famous French online dating site geared towards girls and comes with the slogan "Divine products, buy now!" along with the picture of a young priest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140519/adopt-a-priest-churchs-new-fundraiser-causes-stir Mon, 19 May 2014 15:36:00 +0200 adopt-a-priest-churchs-new-fundraiser-causes-stir A French hypnotist faces sexual assault charges after allegedly raping two clients during consultations at his practice, according to media reports on Friday. Police are looking into the possibility of other victims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140411/french-hypnotist-rape-client Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:04:00 +0200 french-hypnotist-rape-client A French fundamentalist priest repeatedly raped three teachers at the school he ran in the suburbs of Paris during so-called exorcisms, according to French media reports. But for years the victims didn't come forward to police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140410/french-priest-raped-teachers-during-exorcism Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:32:00 +0200 french-priest-raped-teachers-during-exorcism A person dressed as a priest, reportedly a journalist, tried to approach Michael Schumacher, who is in a coma and critical after a ski accident in France, his manager said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131231/fake-priest-tries-to-get-to-schumacher Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:59:00 +0100 fake-priest-tries-to-get-to-schumacher The man behind the attack of a 75-year-old priest has come forward – and is the former priest of a parish just 10 kilometres down the road. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121119/priest-attacker-revealed-to-be-father-of-next-door-parish Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:58:00 +0100 priest-attacker-revealed-to-be-father-of-next-door-parish