A French priest has been jailed for five years for sexually abusing dozens of children in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, reports BBC News.
Bernard Preynat, 74, admitted abusing boy scouts while a scout leader in Lyon.
During his trial, he had told the court he had not understood how serious or grave his crimes were.
"It took me time to learn it was wrong and condemned given the age of the children," he said in January.
Preynat assaulted at least 80 young boys between the ages of seven and 15. Ten of his victims testified at the four-day trial.
The abuse took place between 1971 and 1991.
Prosecutors sought an eight-year jail term, and accused Preynat of "shattering" his victims' lives.
Last July, Mr Preynat was defrocked - stripped of his clerical status - after a church tribunal ruled he had committed "criminal acts of sexual character against minors under [the age of] 16".