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The Canadian Press

QuEBEC — A former Redemptorist priest has been given a four-year prison term for sexually abusing young boys 40 years ago.

Jean-Claude Bergeron was sentenced in Quebec City today.

Bergeron, 76, was found guilty last December on various sex-related charges involving seven students at the Saint-Alphonse seminary in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, near Quebec City.

The abuse occurred between 1976 and 1980 and the boys were about 12 years old.

The Crown was seeking a prison term of between 42 months and four years, while the defence wanted a sentence to be served in the community.