LONDON (ENGLAND)
Daily Mail
Dec. 2019
By Luke Andrews
A 19-year-old man has been arrested for killing a suspected paedophile priest by ramming a crucifix down his throat after the clergyman allegedly abused him in France.
Alexandre V., whose full name has not been disclosed, attacked 91-year-old Catholic Roger Matassoli while working at the holy figure’s home in Agnetz, Oise, northern France.
The man was charged for torture, murder and resisting arrest, but had to be transferred to hospital when he was arrested on psychiatric grounds, after he was caught fleeing the scene in the victim’s car.
Matassoli had been accused of sexually abusing at least four boys including the victim and his father between 1960 and 2000.
Father Roger Matassoli, pictured left in 1980, was found dead in his home in Agnetz, Oise, northern France, with a crucifix shoved down his throat. The priest had faced accusations that he abused at least four children
The priest was found dead by officers with signs of torture on his body and appearing to have suffered asphyxiation.
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