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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Cléry-Saint-André, Loiret; Perros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor, France · 2024

France: basilica rector Olivier de Scitivaux's rape and sexual-assault conviction final after he withdrew appeal

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest and rector of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Cléry, Diocese of Orléans; supervisor of church-organized youth summer camps

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

As parish priest, basilica rector and supervisor of church-run youth summer camps, Scitivaux held both pastoral and custodial authority over the boys he assaulted, including at a Perros-Guirec vacation camp.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2024-05-25 · final (appeal withdrawn)

    Cour d'assises du Loiret. Olivier de Scitivaux, rector of the Notre-Dame de Cléry basilica (2013-2018) and a priest of the Diocese of Orléans who had also served at church-run vacation camps including one in Perros-Guirec (Côtes-d'Armor), was convicted of hundreds of counts of rape and aggravated sexual assault against four boys and sentenced to 17 years' criminal imprisonment. He initially appealed but withdrew the appeal in early 2025, making the sentence final without a retrial.

Appellate history

  1. 2025-01-01

    Defendant renounced his own appeal; first-instance verdict became final.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral authority combined with custodial supervision of boys at church-run vacation camps
  • pattern sustained over years, hundreds of individual acts

Primary record

Sources

public broadcaster final disposition France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (2025) 'Affaire Scitivaux : l'ancien prêtre, condamné à 17 ans de prison pour viols sur mineurs, retire son appel', francetvinfo.fr.

'Olivier de Scitivaux [...] a été condamné [...] à 17 ans de réclusion criminelle [...] Il a finalement renoncé à son appel, ce qui rend sa condamnation définitive.' (Olivier de Scitivaux [...] was sentenced [...] to 17 years' criminal imprisonment [...] He ultimately withdrew his appeal, making his conviction final.) English gloss: confirms finality via appeal withdrawal.

public broadcaster background and facts France 3 Bretagne (2024) 'Pédophilie dans l'Église : un ancien prêtre ayant exercé en camps de vacances dans les Côtes-d'Armor condamné à 17 ans de réclusion criminelle', francetvinfo.fr.

'[...] certains [faits] commis dans une colonie de vacances de Perros-Guirec.' (some of the acts were committed at a Perros-Guirec vacation camp.) English gloss: ties the abuse to the church-run camp in Côtes-d'Armor, establishing the custodial-supervisory dimension of his authority.

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