Trial opens for man accused of killing French priest who sheltered him
- Posted on January 20, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Trial opens for man accused of killing French priest who sheltered him

The defendant, a 45-year-old Rwandan national, had been taken in by the Catholic community of the Montfort Missionaries in a town in western France, after his release from preventive detention for setting fire to the cathedral in Nantes.