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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 file photo, Father Pierre Vignon holds a letter in Saint-Martin-en-Vercors, France. A Roman Catholic priest says he's been punished by church leaders in France after he gathered more than 100,000 signatures for an online petition that called for a cardinal to resign because of his handling of child sex-abuse cases. (AP Photo/John Leicester, File)

French priest says bishops punished him for abuse petition

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In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, Father Pierre Vignon reads a letter from a critic in Saint-Martin-En-Vercors, France. The 64-year-old priest urged a powerful French cardinal to resign in an online petition that has now gathered more than 100,000 signatures. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

In France, rebel priest takes on church bosses on sex abuse

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press