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Alison Hird with RFI

Inuit group 'implore' France to extradite priest accused of child sex abuse

Canadian politician and victim Steve Mapsalak (R), next to the daughter of a victim Tanya Tungilik, breaks down during a press conference in Paris on September 12, 2022. AFP - CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

A group of Canadian Inuit have come to France to push for the extradition of a retired French priest accused of sexually abusing several Inuit children when he worked as a missionary in the north of Canada more than 40 years ago.

The five-person delegation from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc (NTI) head to the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday to argue the extradition of Johannes Rivoire – a former Roman Catholic priest who lives at an Oblates nursing home in the southern city of Lyon.

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